‘I don’t think there’s any team in Leinster that is within 15 points of Dublin’

He wasn’t exactly written out of history yet when you think of Westmeath’s solitary Leinster title success 15 years ago, Jack Cooney’s name doesn’t immediately spring to mind.

In truth, it’s not even Denis Glennon, Dessie Dolan, All-Star defender John Keane or any of the players from that era that you first recall but Páidi Ó Sé, their lionheart on the sideline.