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There has never been a more decorated Galway Gaelic games player across the men’s and women’s senior inter-county codes than Ailish O'Reilly. Four All-Ireland senior medals for a player who on Sunday will be chasing a coveted five. Nobody has collected more senior Celtic Crosses while starting every victorious final for a team in maroon.

Every child who has ever picked up a hurl or football has played out the same fantasy. A late free. One last chance. A strike to win an All-Ireland final before climbing the Hogan Stand steps to the acclaim of thousands and lifting the trophy as team captain. Last August, Carrie Dolan lived that dream.

There are certain weekends in Galway when the city seems to breathe with one set of lungs. This is one of them.

The Brendan Martin Cup is within reach for Galway's skipper. Close your eyes and you can almost touch it. Kate Geraghty is 60 minutes away from joining the illustrious club of just Annette Clarke of Galway captains to climb the steps of the Hogan Stand.

Galway enter Sunday’s All-Ireland showpiece as firm underdogs. But history suggests there are few sweeter things in life than an underdog success story.

There are matches that decide championships, and there are matches that define generations. The 1980 All-Ireland Hurling Final belonged to the latter. On a warm September afternoon in Croke Park, Galway defeated Limerick by 2-15 to 3-9 and, in doing so, ended a wait that had stretched back to 1923.

Galway and Clifden RNLI volunteers were in Croke Park ahead of Saturday’s All-Ireland senior hurling championship semi-final between Galway and Cork — bringing good luck to the Tribesmen ahead of their victory.

Over the past two seasons on the local club scene, the debate around the most consistent player in the senior championship most likely comes down to two men from the same household.

Seven different Galway clubs – Portumna, Athenry, Sarsfields, St. Thomas’, Castlegar, Clarinbridge and Kiltormer – have climbed the steps of the Hogan Stand to accept the Tommy Moore Cup. Gort and Loughrea are two outliers, in that they are the only ones to have reached an All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final and been unsuccessful.