It's Roscommon's world.
2026 has clearly been the year of the Rossies in Connacht, after they completed their glorious grand slam last weekend - the minor, the Under-20 and the senior provincial titles.
I heard someone around the place referring to it as a 'three-peat' though that doesn't quite work, given it wasn't actually a three-in-a-row.
There was a cracking atmosphere in the Hyde last Sunday and one of the best, most thrilling Connacht finals in living memory.
On analysis duty, I obviously was on the receiving end of plenty of, ahem, banter before and after the game, though it was all good natured. I stepped in for a couple of selfies with some jubilant Roscommon supporters.
The game itself was a showcase for so much of what's good in Gaelic football at the minute.
And yet the decisive factor in the end was the kickout.
The big puzzler from the game was how Galway allowed Conor Carroll to get away so many easy short ones, most of them to his left-hand side, in the first half.
Roscommon mined a huge tally of scores at the other end from this starting point, coursing through the Galway defence with their running power.
Senan Lambe and Dylan Ruane ran continually at the big Galway midfielders, while Enda Smith carried the ball well in crowded areas, even if he didn't manage to get on the scoresheet.
For me, it was down to pure laziness on the part of the Galway forwards. Great with the ball in hand, they showed too much mental slackness on restarts. They weren't attuned to the business of tracking Roscommon defenders, darting for a short one.
We saw the difference in the second half, when Galway were playing into the wind and practically every kickout resulted in a 50:50 contest. The comparative ease with which Roscommon were able to get hands on ball was the key stat in the finish.
At half-time, Galway led by three but such was the strength of the wind, practically no one in the Hyde would have felt that this was enough.
It's a testament to Galway's performance in the middle of the second half that they had gotten into such a commanding position with 10 minutes to go.
This is why, in the final analysis, Galway will be far from heartbroken with how things turned out. Damien Comer returned to the fray and was an absolute wrecking ball.
Shane Walsh looked so dangerous throughout and scored three two-pointers, two of them beauties from play. He was only a whisker away from levelling it in the final seconds.
Seán Kelly was rampaging forward. John Maher and Cillian McDaid began to dominate the middle third battle. McDaid in particular, won so much breaking ball, and it was no coincidence that Galway started to falter when he came off.
Padraic Joyce will be annoyed that they didn't claim the five-in-a-row and probably more annoyed again that they failed to see out a game where they led by six with nine minutes left.
However, they should be able to put it in perspective fairly quickly. They have a good draw for Round 1 of the All-Ireland series and there are signs their big players are nearing top gear.
How often have we seen Walsh and Comer motoring well at the same time, like we did in the second half on Sunday?
That's probably what makes this Roscommon win extra-special. Unlike in previous Connacht final 'ambushes', they didn't catch Galway on an off-day. This was a Galway side who, kickout issues aside, showed up well on the day and the Rossies still found a way to dig out a famous win.
They were brave in the finish. Daire Cregg had missed a simple enough one-point effort shortly after coming on and there might have been some anxiousness when he wound up for that mammoth two-point shot off his left peg. It was a sensational kick and probably the decisive score in the game.
I suppose the question is now whether they are All-Ireland contenders. I'd hesitate to go that far for the moment but they're definitely in and around the top five.
We know with Roscommon that there's always been a sense that a Connacht title is their ceiling. That's always been their priority and the hallmark of a successful year.
And that they haven't always allowed their ambition to stretch a little further. They haven't always demonstrated real belief when they hit Croke Park, hence their poor record there since 1980.
But, as Donie Smith said this week, they've a real opportunity now. For the first time in a while, they look to have the tools and the depth and the fearlessness to mount a real push beyond the province.
The one qualm is they're not actually starting in a better position than other counties who made a mess of their provincial run.
Last Sunday's action showcased again what I've always argued - that it would be crazy to ditch the provincial championships or even remove them from their current spot in the calendar.
In my view, we actually need to find a way of offering a greater reward to the provincial champions, in the context of the All-Ireland series.
Perhaps look at a seeded format akin to the last-16 of the rugby Champions Cup, where the provincial champion who finished highest in the league is seeded No. 1 and plays at home to the No. 16 seed. The second seed plays the 15th seed and so on... (former Sunday Game producer Rory O'Neill has suggested this, first).
This weekend's provincial finals have a lot to live up to. I'd struggle to see them matching the Connacht final for drama and quality but who knows? We've not been short of surprises in this provincial campaign.
From a competitive standpoint, it's a good thing Westmeath are in the final. They don't come lumbered with Kildare's mental fragility and I'd expect them to offer a much stronger resistence to Dublin. There's great excitement at the reports that John Heslin is coming out of retirement to fill the gap left by Luke Loughlin's injury.
But if Dublin bring the same ravenous attitude in the tackle zone that we saw against Louth, it's hard to see them not reclaiming their Leinster title.
In Ulster, Monaghan's heroics in the semi-final will be remembered for a long time. They're one of the most resilient and consistently over-performing GAA counties. It's such a turnaround from the league, which was one long, grim death-march over the spring.
But they're running into a remorseless machine this weekend in Clones.
I can't see Armagh being as wasteful or lax when in front, or as error-prone in possession as Derry were in the second half.
Armagh were probably slightly flattered by the margin against Down. It was a damage limitation exercise for Down after half-time, and not a very successful one.
But it highlighted their ruthlessness above all. There will be no shortage of hunger given their long wait for an Ulster title and their recent heartaches in the final.
This is their moment. I'd expect a high single-digit margin in Armagh's favour at the end.
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