For the first time since 1908, and the delayed completion of the 1907 Championship, All-Ireland winners were crowned in the month of July this year.
It was an outcome that was all too familiar to history, however, as Kerry won their 38th title, albeit after an uncomfortable eight-year gap to their previous success.
After successive knockout Championships due to the pandemic, the qualifiers returned this year but that’s the last we’ll see of them as a new system, which will see League and provincial Championship performances dictating whether teams enter the All-Ireland race or the second tier competition, both of which will be run on a round robin basis.
