{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/67ee84c495247131320e1909/6a68c5cc25e6bb2217834005?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Trying to make sense of the greatest story ever told","description":"<p>Declan Bogue and Fintan O’Toole join Ronan Early to grapple with the meaning and emotion so abundant in Mayo’s stunning All-Ireland victory.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Has there ever been a more seismic moment in the GAA? Or in Irish sport full stop? While being aware of recency bias, we are scratching our heads.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Also, Mayo people’s delight is obvious and palpable, but why has nearly everyone else been so deeply affected by Sam going west?&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>We get into theories ranging from the Seven Universal Plots, and how Mayo fulfilled most of them, to Steve McQueen’s Papillion, who was brutalised but never broken.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>What will be the lasting repercussions of this victory for the human spirit? Will we see other teams take inspiration and make the breakthrough.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>And stylistically, are we set for an era of heavy metal football - with younger, lighter, faster, high-pressing players taking prominence as the true possibilities of new Gaelic football become ever more clear?&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"The 42"}