Mayo’s marquee man – how Ryan O’Donoghue is stepping up to take mantle of leader for his county
Ryan O’Donoghue is hitting his peak as Mayo bid for Connacht title. Photo: Sportsfile
When Belmullet crossed swords with Breaffy in the 2021 Mayo senior championship quarter-final there was a tetchiness in the air that brought two of the protagonists into conflict as Ryan O’Donoghue squared up to Aidan O’Shea.
O’Donoghue was conceding inches and kilos to one of the most powerful players in the game but in the exchange, captured on video, you wouldn’t have thought it.
