By now, there are no surviving Connacht medalists on the Sligo panel, but there are links with 2007 nonetheless.
Noel McGuire, who was captain for that famous win over Galway, is now one of manager Tony McEntee’s selectors.
McGuire was presented with the Nestor Cup by then Connacht Council president Lauri Quinn, whose son David was an impressionable 13-year-old at the time. Sixteen years on, he’s a Sligo player.