The village of Ratoath in Co Meath is nestled close to Fairyhouse, home of the Irish Grand National.
For years a small parish of less than a thousand people was left behind by the big guns in the race to be crowned the best in the land. In fact, Ratoath only achieved senior status three years ago.
Up until then their sights were set somewhat lower. Ratoath's village and club have grown in tandem.
It doubled in size from around 3,000 to over 7,000 between 1996 and 2006. Now home to over 10,000 people, they have one of the youngest and fastest-growing populations in the country.
They're also 60 minutes from being crowned Meath senior club football champions.
"The town is full of blue and yellow, as are the townlands surrounding it," club chairperson Suzanne O'Toole told RTÉ Sport ahead of Sunday's showdown with Summerhill at Páirc Tailteann.
"It's the usual - bales of hay with our colours and signs, bunting, flags... the excitement is building for everybody."
This is new territory for Ratoath, but Summerhill are going for their eighth Keegan Cup. Still, boss Davy Byrne - a former goalkeeper with Dublin who also served on Jim Gavin's back-room team - has some serious pedigree to call upon.
A brilliant second-half performance in the semi-final blew Gaeil Colmcille away. The likes of Meath Under-20 stars Connell Ahearne and Daithí McGowan, Eamonn Wallace, Joey Wallace, Bryan McMahon and All Star nominee Conor McGill are all capable of stamping their mark on a game of this magnitude.
Ratoath, which has close to 50 teams, are reaping the rewards of a bustling underage set-up that has nurtured a hive of talent.
"Most of the lads on the team have come up through the juveniles," added O'Toole. "It's been the good work over the years that's gone in to them that's brought them to this stage.
"The people around the village, around the club, we're all very hopeful. We're hoping we can fill Páirc Tailteann. There's a lot of good will towards this team and people are genuinely hoping that will be our time.
"From mentors to coaches to officers at the club, the people who just make cups of tea - the usual things that go on at GAA clubs everywhere.
"The club has been growing gradually, just as the village has. It has gradually gone up through the ranks. The village is 20 years growing - it hasn't just grown the last two or three years. As with most clubs I'd imagine, as your juvenile population grows, your coaches grow because you're going to have parents coming into help. One balances off the other."
Byrne's long-time presence has been a major help. He's been in the village since the turn of the century and been involved with the club for years and is, says O'Toole, "a very positive and well liked figure in the club".
He's not the only Dub in the village either. A huge chunk of Ratoath's inflated population hail originally from the capital, but Ratoath have a strong and proud identity and are, O'Toole is keen to stress, "a Meath club in a Meath competition".
"There's a lot of lads coming up through the ranks playing for Meath," she added.
"Not everybody living in Ratoath is originally from Dublin. This is very much a Meath club in a Meath competition.
"We'll just do what we're doing and let Summerhill do what they're doing and see what happens on the day."
Let battle commence.
