Mayo will face Kerry in the Division One League final this Sunday, in a pairing that nobody expected just a few short weeks ago.
The two counties have met on this particular stage, and Mayo legend Lee Keegan has experienced the best and worst of them.
In 2019 he played in the side that won, and it looked to be a watershed moment for the Connacht side, but he also featured in the 2022 disaster that saw The Kingdom run riot.
The most relative final however, is one that Keegan didn't play in which was the following year in 2023, when Mayo beat Galway to be crowned champions, only to find that it took too much out of them, and they crashed out of the provincial championship just six days later.
Writing in his latest RTE column however, Keegan explains why this Sunday's final is a slightly different set of circumstances.
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"In 2019, we came on a late surge to beat them and take a rare national title, sparking a great old celebration on the pitch afterwards, as well as a couple of nights on the beer.
"Whether players will have the same scope to let the hair down for a bit after winning this national title... well, we know the answer.
"As in 2023, Mayo have just a week to recover for their Connacht opener. Two years ago, the Rossies caught them in a classic ambush in Castlebar.
"The scenario this year is slightly different in that it's Sligo, a Division 3 team, awaiting them in the championship. But it's still a challenge that needs to be respected.
"Sligo finished the league on a relative high and it's 12 months ago that Galway needed an injury-time goal to avoid defeat in Markievicz Park."
Donegal and Galway were the two most consistent sides throughout the league, however they both failed to win their last two games which saw them miss out on a final.
However, with Donegal preparing to face Derry in the Ulster championship just one week later, it doesn't seem to be a bad thing at all for Jim McGuinness' side.
