Mayo ends a 75-year wait by defeating Kerry in the All-Ireland final

Mayo defeated Kerry in the final of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. The win ended a 75-year wait for the title. The result is also described as the end of one of sport's longest-running droughts. Kerry was the team beaten in the final.

The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship is the leading competition in Gaelic football, played between county teams in Ireland. A final decides the champion for the year. This report names the champion and the losing finalist. It does not give the score.

A 75-year wait means Mayo's previous title, as framed by the report, stood that far behind the new one. The account does not list the year of the last win as a separate number. It states the length of the wait and the fact that the wait is over. No sequence of near-misses is itemized.

The score is not reported. The venue is not named. Attendance is not given. Individual scorers are not listed. The sporting facts that are confirmed are the winner, the opponent, the competition, and the 75-year gap that the win closed.

Calling the wait one of sport's longest-running droughts is the description used in the report. It places the Mayo result beyond a single match. It does not compare the gap with a numbered list of other droughts. The comparison stays at that phrase.

No injuries or disciplinary incidents are mentioned. No manager is named. The final is reported as concluded, with Mayo the champion. That is the full result on record for the 2026 All-Ireland senior football final.