Mayo football legend Keith Higgins looking forward to his return to inter-county hurling April 16, 2021 by Paddy Hickey Mayo football legend Keith Higgins can hardly wait for his return to his county’s hurling side. After an illustrious career with the Connacht county in the football arena, during which he was honoured with four All-Star awards, Higgins chose to close the door on his big-ball career back in January, a matter of weeks after Mayo’s heart-breaking All-Ireland defeat by Dublin. But the Ballyhaunis clubman, who won eight Connacht football medals, wasted no time in revealing that he would make himself available to Mayo hurling manager Derek Walsh for this season’s National League and Nicky Rackard campaigns.