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The Curse of County Mayo - Ep 1

Amazing Sport Stories The Curse of County Mayo

Is County Mayo鈥檚 Gaelic football team cursed? Irish-American sports reporter Dave McKenna investigates this curious case of a decades old hex.

Is County Mayo鈥檚 Gaelic football team cursed? Irish-American sports reporter Dave McKenna investigates this curious case to find out if a decades old hex is behind their recent failures. Did the team really disrespect a funeral in 1951? And did that cause the mysterious bad luck that鈥檚 plagued the team ever since? You might have heard of the 鈥淐urse of Bambino鈥� for the Boston Red Sox in US baseball. This is the story of Ireland鈥檚 equivalent. Episode 1 of 3.

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