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Kerry v Mayo - triumph, pain and 'the curse'
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BBC Sport - Sport
In the build-up to last year's All-Ireland final, former Kerry captain Dara Ó Cinnéide pointed out "nobody has lost more finals than Kerry".
Cork are next in that unwanted bracket with 16, but just one behind - level with Galway - sits Mayo.
In 1989, led by the late John O'Mahony, Mayo rolled into Croke Park to face a Cork side that had fallen short in the previous two finals against Meath - the second of those after a replay.
Perhaps there was a sense that it was the Rebels' time, but Mayo had their chances, only to fall to a three-point defeat.
It would prove to be the first of 11 disappointments on final day.