Biden, Carney and Oasis: How the world is celebrating Mayo's All-Ireland win

Former President Joe Biden visited the town of Ballina, County Mayo, in 2023

What do a former US president, the Canadian prime minister and two of the world's biggest rock stars have in common?

They're all celebrating after their Irish county Mayo overcame a 75-year-old 'curse' and finally broke its barren run in one of Ireland's biggest sporting occasions.

Victory in the Gaelic Athletic Association's (GAA) All-Ireland Senior Football final had eluded Mayo for over seven decades until Sunday, when they overcame reigning champions Kerry.

The celebrations have gone far beyond the county in the west of Ireland, which is home to just 137,000 people but boasts some very famous exports.

Biden has previously emphasised the deep-rooted connection he has to Mayo

The chant "Mayo for Sam" is well known in GAA circles, but three years ago it garnered its most famous endorsement yet - the president of the United States.

It was shouted by Joe Biden as he visited his ancestral home in Ballina.

The Sam to which he was referring is the Sam Maguire Cup - the prize for winning the All-Ireland Football final.

Biden, who left office in January 2025 when Donald Trump became president, has never been shy about his Irish roots.

With two great-grandparents coming from Ireland, he is one of the most Irish presidents in history.

And on Sunday, Biden took to social media to celebrate Mayo's victory.

He congratulated the team on their win, proclaimed that the people of Mayo had earned the victory and reminded them to "enjoy every minute".

And, of course, he repeated the all-important words: "Mayo for Sam!"

For some, Mayo's failure to win an All-Ireland football title for decades was proof of a curse dating all the way back to the early 1950s.

It was in Ballina where, almost 100 years after Biden's ancestors had fled the devastating Irish potato famine, a supposed curse was placed on the Mayo Gaelic football team.

The story - or myth - goes, that following their last win in 1951 the Mayo team's boisterous celebrations on an open-back lorry interrupted a funeral in the village of Foxford.

The presiding priest is said to have laid a curse that Mayo would not win an All-Ireland title while any member of that team was alive.

And despite reaching the final eleven times in the years to follow, they failed to win it.

In April 2023, the last member of the Mayo 1951 panel, Dr Mick Loftus, passed away.

Sean McAndrew, whose father John played for both the 1951 and 1951 winning Mayo teams, said it was "amazing" to watch the county reclaim the All-Ireland title.

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