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Published 16:43 22 Jul 2026 BST
Updated 16:43 22 Jul 2026 BST

Most fans and pundits have Kerry to beat Mayo this Sunday in the All-Ireland SFC final.
And the bookies agree, with the Kingdom at 4/9 and the Green and Red at 5/2.
However, none are more confident than Kerry great Darragh Ó Sé, who sees only one outcome at the full-time whistle this weekend.
Writing in his column for the Irish Times, he said: "The more I think about Sunday’s All-Ireland final, the more straightforward it looks. This wouldn’t normally be the way of it.
"Most years, you spend the week talking away about how it’s going to be a close one and how there’s very little to choose between the two teams.
"But I think when you stand back from it this time around, it’s very hard to come up with anything other than a Kerry win."
There will be no surprises if this piece of writing was stuck up on the Mayo dressing room wall by manager Andy Moran.
But Kerry boss Jack O'Connor is certainly more wary of Mayo than Ó Sé, and admitted that they were the more impressive of the two teams in the semis.
He said: "Very impressive," he said.
"I mean, if you're taking the two teams on the semi-final performances, you would say that they were more impressive than we were.
"They put Louth to bed fairly quickly in the second half, whereas our game was in the melting pot right up to the end.
"So, they were very impressive in the semi-final and they'll be formidable. They're coming with great energy.
"Andy Moran is getting a great tune out of them. Obviously, Colin Boyle, Paddy Tally and the lads there, they have a formidable backroom team and we're expecting a big battle."
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