25 years on from their famous four-game saga in the Leinster Championship, Dublin and Meath meet in Croke Park on Sunday with a place in the provincial decider at stake.
Meath's Colm O'Rourke and Dublin's Keith Barr were key protagonists in that seemingly never-ending series of matches a quarter of a century ago, and they met up under the shadow of the Hogan Stand to reminisce.
As it was then, so it is now. Barr admits that "one of the great things about those matches was that the supporters loved it. There was great rivalry between Meath and Dublin."
RTÉ pundit O'Rourke says that the first day the sides met, on 2 June 1991, it took a Brian Stafford penalty approaching half time to get Meath into the game.
Despite the slow start, had a long-range effort from PJ Gillick which bounced over Dublin 'keeper John O'Leary found it's way into the back of the net, the story would be an awful short one.
That would "have been no fun", the secondary school principal adds.
The next day, the sides were ready for each other. Barr sets the scene.
"It was a cold, wet day and a tough day. It was very similar to the games we played - nobody was going to give an inch.
"Everybody was on top of their game. The football wasn't pretty but the excitement was still there."
Ever the pundit, O'Rourke says the Dub's preceded the 'Ulster' style of football that day.
"I think Dublin set out with negative tactics that day. I think they were going to foul Meath as much as possible, slow the game down."
Barr doesn't argue, with the Erin's Isle man pointing out, tongue firmly in cheek, that "obviously Seán Boylan was an angel, he'd never go down that road."
Third time out, on 23 June, O'Rourke says Dublin were "on top for most of it. Bernard Flynn got a goal and I think Staff [Brian Stafford] kicked a brilliant free to bring it to extra time."
Rounding on Barr, he claims the centre back had attempted "grievous bodily harm on me again and [referee] Tommy Howard went looking for you – he mustn’t have known you very well ‘cos he found it awful hard to find you.”
Barr protests his innocence, as well as his disappointment with O'Rourke for complaining to Howard.
However, in the next breath he adds "I am from Dublin and I am from the northside so if someone comes looking for you, you make sure they havta travel to do it."
After all of the fun of the third day out, O'Rourke says "we decided we’d go away and try and kill each other the next day", on a scoreline of 1-14 to 2-11.
"For Kevin Foley, I think it was the only score he ever got for Meath. It went down in history as the goal that broke the Dubs" - Colm O'Rourke
The fourth day out, 6 July, that is more or less what happened.
A heavy shoulder challenge in the first half left the Skryne man seeing stars, and not the ones on the field.
"I had to go home after and watch the match to see what happened. My daughter was young at the time and she was at the match and she said to her mother 'Is he dead?' and the truth was 'Fairly nearly'."
The fourth day out was a tale of two goals - one scored, one missed.
With Dublin ahead, Barr had a penalty that could have put the game beyond Meath. He shot low, hard and outside Michael McQuillan's post.
"It was an important kick and it gave Meath momentum. If we'd got it we’d have went 7 or 8 up and it was all over. You don't give Meath the opportunities to come back. And that’s what happened."
There is probably no doubt that Seamus Darby's goal against in Kerry in the 1982 All-Ireland final is the most famous one ever scored on the hallowed turf of Croke Park, but Kevin Foley's goal for Meath on 6 July 1991 must surely be a contender for second place.
Meath worked the ball up the field patiently, before the ball was eventually passed across the front of O'Leary's goal for the half back to turn it home, turning the match on its head in the process.
"My memory of it was John O’Leary scrambling across the goal and slipping. He got within inches of blocking his kick.
"For Kevin Foley, I think it was the only score he ever got for Meath. It went down in history as the goal that broke the Dubs, but that only levelled it."
With the side's level once more, Barr admits that was the decisive moment in the sage. Near the death, Dublin had a chance to draw level, but could not take it.
At the end, one memory stood out to O'Rourke - "Mick McQuillan kicking the ball out and all you could see was the waves of Meath people and stunned silence from the Hill."
Despite Meath eventually winning on a scoreline of 2-10 to 0-15, Barr says the Dubs enjoyed it "and to this day they talk about it."
No doubt it will be talked about once more in the pubs around Drumcondra ahead of Dublin and Meath's slightly delayed meeting in Croker at 6.35pm on Sunday.
That game, as well as the preceding clash of Westmeath and Kildare, will be live on RTÉ One.
