Having come close in 2019, Galway are back within a step of another All-Ireland Ladies football final.
On Sunday, 6 December, Cork will be the opposition in a shortened winter championship that saw the provincial sections sacrificed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
While the big prize still remains a target for Galway after edging Tipperary and Monaghan in the group stage, the opportunity to try and add another Connacht medal is one Charlotte Cooney would have loved to take on if circumstances had made it possible.
"I suppose we look forward to playing Mayo every year in the Connacht Championship and it's a really good game, really competitive but again, we just have to deal with what's put in front of us," said the Galway defender at the AIG LGFA All Ireland Semi-Final Preview Event.
"It was we had to win our two group games to get out to an All-Ireland semi-final and they were two really competitive games and thankfully we came out on the right side of it."
The 2020 campaign has brought its own unique logistical challenges for all teams in light of protocols to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus on top of the natural consequence of playing in the winter months.
"Obviously this time of year, the weather has been so challenging. We don't have dressing rooms before training, so on a wet day like today, you're getting into the car after training and not getting a shower or anything like that. It is hard," said Cooney.
"But our management and our county board have a lot of procedures and guidelines in place before and after training and they're making it really easy for us.
"I think we're so lucky to be able to play football right now and we're so grateful that not being able to shower after training is such a minor thing with everything that's going on.
"We just kind of deal with it and get on with it. So I think the attitude and response from the girls has been really good."
Off the pitch, lockdowns have also had an impact on her career, although she is taking the positives of extra time afforded to preparation and recovery on the sporting side.
"I work in retail and I've been made furlough, so I was off work from March for the first lockdown and then we went back to work for June, July, August, September and then with lockdown again, I've been off work.
"It's been good and bad. Obviously it's tough because we don't know what way retail is going to go just for my actual career it's quite challenging and it can be stressful sometimes thinking about it.
"But on the other side, it's actually great for football and I'm really enjoying the time off and I've way more time for recovery and my life was so busy at the start and I've a couple of hours now to actually chill and enjoy the time off."
And one area she and her Galway team-mates are aiming to spend time working on is closing out games after Monaghan's late rally in the final group game almost resulted in a turning of the tables.
"I thought we played really well for the middle part of the game and the same as the Tipp game, the last 15 minutes killed us and we conceded goals but it's something that we've tried to work on in training," said Cooney.
"Our concentration levels just dipped at the end and that's something we're focusing on over the next three weeks and hopefully we can stay in the game for the full 60 minutes."
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