Philly McMahon was sitting in the reception area of his gym a while back when a woman walked in and got chatting. Not unexpectedly, Dublin football came up and, as night follows day, so did the defeat to Mayo in last year’s All-Ireland semi-final. A pity, they both agreed. But sure everything comes to its end.
“And she says, ‘I hear it was bad in the changing room,’” McMahon says now, laughing as he recalls the encounter. “’I hear there was fall-outs with Dessie and everything.’ And I’m looking at her and going, ‘You do know I’m a player? You know I was actually …

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