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“There’s probably a narrative out there that ‘that [goal] went to that fella’s head, he’s never the same since’ but you don’t realise how little that impacted” - Mayo’s James Carr on football, family and farming
James Carr burst on to the scene with a stunning goal that amassed millions of views and became one of the GAA’s first worldwide viral hits. Six years on, he’s decided to opt out of the Mayo panel. In his first interview, the 27-year-old Ardagh clubman talks to Cahair O’Kane about why he’s stepped back, that goal and the damage the 2021 final defeat by Tyrone has done to the county’s psyche…
