Cavan look to create history in Cadbury's All Ireland U-21 Football Final

The fact that Cavan's two previous Cadbury's All-Ireland U-21 Football Final appearances have ended in defeat has done nothing to dampen hype in the Breffni County ahead of Sunday's assignment against Galway at Croke Park.

Even Cavan captain Gearóid McKiernan has already experienced disappointment in an All-Ireland final at Croke Park this year, with his Swanlinbar club mates beaten in the AIB Junior Club Championship final by St Mary's, Caherciveen last February, but there is still optimism that new ground can be broken in gaelic football for the county.

Cavan's defeat of Tyrone in their Provincial Final and their dismissal of Wexford just three days later has led to widespread praise for the brand of football developed under manager Terry Hyland ahead of Sunday's hugely-anticipated meeting with Galway (throw-in 2pm).

Huge numbers of Cavan supporters travelled to Parnell Park to shout them onto victory in the semi-final win over Wexford and are expected to flock to Dublin once again for only the second appearance by a Cavan team in Croke Park since the 1997 All-Ireland Senior Championship semi-final (the other being the Allianz Football League Division 2 final defeat to Longford four years ago).