As Mayo look forward to another All-Ireland final with Dublin, a certain question is trending on social media again: what is the Mayo curse?
Whether you put any importance on it or not, the fact remains that the Mayo GAA team has reached the All-Ireland final nine times since 1989 but hasn't won the trophy since 1951.
In recent times, they have been in four All-Ireland finals with the Dubs in the past eight years - with the boys in Blue emerging victorious on all three previous occasions.
Of course Mayo's misfortune is not due to any football shortcomings but instead down to a curse that has been over the team during their entire barren run.
The story of the curse dates back to that last All-Ireland win for the county just after World War Two.
The Mayo panel were travelling back to the west from Dublin along with the Sam Maguire after beating Meath.
Apparently the team, who were travelling in the back of a truck, passed a funeral in the town of Foxford without paying their respects and stopping.
The curse was then put on them that they would not win an Alll-Ireland again until every member of that team was dead. It is believed a priest or a woman put the curse on them.
Whether or not you believe that curse is true, they are without an All-Ireland win since.
Two members of the panel are still alive today, Dr Padraig Carney who lives in the US and Paddy Prendergast who lives in Kerry.
So if that is to be believed it is going to be a good day again on Sunday for the Dubs, not because they are a far superior team but because Mayo are cursed.
