Winning boots of 1951 Mayo GAA star being auctioned

Cavan-based auction house Victor Mee Auctions has announced the sale of memorabilia over three days from Tuesday, February 28, to Thursday, March 2 next

A particular star lot of interest is a pair of football boots originally owned and worn by the late Mayo GAA midfielder Eamonn Mongey, along with a letter of authenticity from the man himself.

These particular boots proved extremely lucky for Mongey as he wore them the last time Mayo took home the Sam Maguire Cup in the 1951 All-Ireland Final.

Annie Killoran bought the boots in 1989 at a charity auction in Kitty O’Shea’s pub in Dublin prior to the Mayo-Cork All-Ireland final and they have hung nobly for reverence in Killoran’s ever since.

Often dubbed the “museum with a restaurant” and located in the heart of Co. Sligo, the bar and restaurant was opened by Tom and Annie Killoran in 1958 and has been a renowned staple in the quaint town of Tubbercurry for the past 60 years and has recently shot to fame as a familiar filming location in the famed TV adaptation of Sally Rooney’s Normal People.

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