Kilcoo's history is long and storied but it's the current generation of players who stand poised to go further than ever before.
A couple of years ago, the Down club came agonisingly close to doing just that when they just missed out on claiming a first AIB All-Ireland club football championship title.
The 18-time county champions had made the provincial breakthrough in the winter of 2019 by winning Ulster for the first time and then made it to the hallowed turf of Croke Park the following January to tackle the daunting challenge of a Corofin side chasing an unprecedented national three-in-a-row.
Paul Devlin was metronomic for Kilcoo on that 19 January 2020 day at Croker, kicking over 0-05 of their seven-point total, including the crucial levelling score deep into injury time that took the club football final to extra-time.
But that was as far as Kilcoo could take it as Corofin found a second wind in the extra-time period to seal victory.
The Down men are back at the same stage again this Saturday when Mickey Moran's side take on Kilmacud Crokes in this year's All-Ireland decider.
Devlin is hopeful that the lessons learned from the loss to Corofin can prove pivotal this time around.
"It's not too often you get second chances so quickly in terms of getting back there again but from the Corofin game, we did take a lot of positives out of it," he says.
"Obviously you have to take what you can out of the game. As a team we did learn a lot from ourselves, and from Corofin in terms of what way they went about their business, and how we can improve our game based on them. Although we lost the final, it has been a positive outcome from then to now."
He admits that last time, the Kilcoo collective were somewhat in "awe" of the situation as well as the chance of playing at a venue like Croke Park.
"It's just probably the occasion of the whole thing, maybe people not being used to the surroundings," Devlin says to RTÉ Sport about the Croke Park effect.
"The big wide pitch, the posts can sometimes be deceiving in terms of the areas you're shooting from.
"You have to adapt as much as you can. At the end of the day, it's a game of football on a pitch. If you start getting carried away, and looking into stands, then you're not fully focused.
"Definitely from the final against Corofin two years ago, we've definitely learnt a lot from that, and hopefully we can take it into this weekend."
Finding a way of tackling the challenge of extra-time is one thing they have overcome in this year's journey, doing so in the Ulster semi against Derry's Glen and in the All-Ireland semi win over Cork's St Finbarr's in Portlaoise two weeks ago.
"We needed to be tested to see where we can improve, before we take on Kilmacud Crokes"
That last battle was an epic and the way in which Kilcoo took charge in the extra-time period, much like Corofin had done to them, will be beneficial if the same situation presents itself on Saturday according to Devlin, who feels prioritising calmness and patience is the key in those added minutes.
"You know that in extra-time, the legs are tired, the mind is tired, and mistakes can happen more often," he says.
"I thought that we controlled the ball, and worked in the scores. One point in extra-time is massive. Against Glen, we got a goal in extra-time. We got big scores at the right times. We worked those scores to the right areas. We weren't thinking about trying to take pot shots. We played to the percentages. We worked well to get the right men on the ball in certain areas.
"St Finbarr's were very physical, powerful and they knew what they were about. Hopefully it will stand us in good stead coming into this week’s final.
"It’s something we needed. We needed to be tested to see where we can improve, before we take on Kilmacud Crokes."
