When it comes to digging deep and doing things the hard way, Kilcoo are in a league of their own.
As Kilmacud Crokes learned in cruel fashion in the All-Ireland final earlier this year, when they came from seven points down to snatch it at the end of extra-time, they are amazingly resilient.
So it was again in Páirc Esler in Newry on Sunday as they scrapped past St Peter’s Warrenpoint to secure a four-in-a-row of Down titles and a 10th in 11 years.