Keith Higgins was at home with his two young children on Sunday when the most famous teenager in Mayo football came of age. Kobe McDonald had arrived.
Higgins is manager of the Mayo under-20s and will have McDonald available to him when the Dalata Under-20 Championship throws in next month. Having spent most of Saturday away from home at a challenge game, Higgins was on parenting duty the following afternoon when McDonald threatened to break the internet.
The influx of messages appearing on his phone was the first indication to Higgins that something was afoot.
“I was like, ‘oh no, what’s after happening here?’. I had to go on Twitter straight away and I just seen 1-1,” says Higgins with a smile.
“I was like, ‘right,…