Great success is often preceded by dark days and Conor Glass feels the pain of their narrow loss to Donegal last year has inspired the Oak Leafers to bigger and better things.
Armagh lost out to Galway in the Qualifiers prior to their All-Ireland success in 2002. The year Armagh made their breakthrough, Tyrone suffered a shock loss to Sligo in the back-door before beating their rivals in the 2003 All-Ireland final.
The Jim McGuinness era in Donegal followed their humbling 2-14 to 0-11 defeat to Armagh in Crossmaglen, a loss which prompted John Joe Doherty to step down with McGuinness taking over.
