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There are some journeys you can make with your eyes closed. The road west from Croke Park after another All-Ireland defeat became one of them. Out through the city. Onto the motorway. The afternoon slipping quietly into evening as the sun hung low over the bonnet, dazzling your eyes while somewhere behind you Dublin hosted another county’s triumph.

Galway enter Sunday’s All-Ireland showpiece as firm underdogs. But history suggests there are few sweeter things in life than an underdog success story.

A familiar story, unfortunately. For the second year running, Galway’s footballers were struck down by white-line fever with victory seemingly within their grasp in Croke Park.

There are some names that become inseparable from a place, a time and a feeling. In Galway, the name Paul Clancy will forever be synonymous with bright days at Croke Park, heroic homecomings and the return of belief to a county that had waited too long to celebrate.

Galway travel to Croke Park for an All-Ireland quarter-final showdown with Dublin this Sunday.

Is it too early to be talking about a possible football and hurling double? Almost certainly. But where’s the fun in being sensible?

Galway senior footballers will look to book their passage into the All-Ireland quarter-finals when they face Leinster champions Westmeath at Pearse Stadium this Sunday.

I’m not going to pretend I foresaw Galway’s Leinster final performance coming because, ahead of Saturday evening’s showdown, I felt a degree of trepidation about facing an in-form Dublin outfit.

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