Plus ça change eh?
Kerry recquaint themselves with Sam, Joe Brolly manages to entwine himself into the Championship narrative and as always the photographers from INPHO managed to capture every moment of the highs and lows from an All Ireland road packed with potholes of controversy, signs of change and road markings of glory...
Mayo's Cillian O’Connor scores past New York goalkeeper Gavin Joyce from the penalty sport in the Connacht Championship opener. It would be the first of many converted penalty's for the marksman ©INPHO/Andy Marlin
20 years on from 1994, Leitrim (and Eslin's) Conor Beirne reacts to a missed chance as we lost to Roscommon ©INPHO/James Crombie
Armagh and Cavan got involved in a bit of a melee ©INPHO/Presseye/William Cherry
A Monaghan fan buys a ticket for the Ulster semi-final replay against Armagh ©INPHO/Presseye/Russell Pritchard
Donegal's Ryan McHugh celebrates the one piece of silverware the county managed to get their hands on this year by beating Monaghan in the Ulster final ©INPHO/Morgan Treacy
Roscommon manager John Evans naturally ignores the view awaiting outside Hyde Park during the defeat to Armagh ©INPHO/Morgan Treacy
It was a fine game between Monaghan and Kildare...the same could not be said about the weather ©INPHO/Donall Farmer
At the height of their media ban, Armagh Manager Paul Grimley refused to talk to our own Colm Parkinson after the win over Meath ©INPHO/Ryan Byrne
A meaty thriller got the juices flowing in the last round of the qualifiers ©INPHO/James Crombie
Mayo's Aidan O’Shea celebrates scoring a goal past Cork goalkeeper Ken O’Halloran ©INPHO/Cathal Noonan
Galway's Damien Comer reacts to a late missed chance in the quarter-final defeat to Kerry ©INPHO/James Crombie
The scrum was introduced to gaelic football. It takes five stewards to 'escort' a Mayo supporter from the pitch late in the replay between Mayo and Kerry ©INPHO/James Crombie
Blood and sweat for Mayo's Aidan O'Shea midway through the replay against Kerry ©INPHO/Donall Farmer
Less blood but just as much sweat as Kerry's Kieran Donaghy is congratulated by supporters after that replay in Limerick ©INPHO/Cathal Noonan
Contrasting the emotions of the Dubs, Donegals' Karl Lacey celebrates at the final whistle of the other semi ©INPHO/James Crombie
A sadness that speaks for itself...Dublin’s Alan Brogan with his son Jamie after the semi-final defeat to Donegal ©INPHO/James Crombie
The older generation soak in the moment as Kieran Donaghy and an injured Colm Cooper embrace at the final whistle ©INPHO/James Crombie
Donegal captain Michael Murphy and his manager Jim McGuinness congregate on the Croke Park turf ©INPHO/Donall Farmer
The short famine is over Kerry and Aidan O'Mahony ©INPHO/James Crombie
Mere words do not begin to describe this image of Donegal's Karl Lacey in the spotlight while returning to the dressing rooms after the final. While it may not be the best image to leave you on, it does show that these men will be hungry to come back and do it all over again next year ©INPHO/Cathal Noonan
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