Cillian O’Connor made his long-awaited return for Mayo earlier today when coming off the bench in the Connacht champions’ Allianz League final defeat to Kerry.

The Ballintubber ace was introduced as a 55th minute substitute by manager James Horan, marking his first appearance for Mayo since the Achilles tendon injury he picked up against Clare in June 2021.

O’Connor struck a point from play a minute from injury-time which proved mere consolation as the Westerners fell to a 3-19 to 0-13 defeat in the end.

The former captain’s return was one of the few positives Mayo could take from Croker today.

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