WILL THIS BE the year where history is made and the five-in-a-row feat is finally achieved in the All-Ireland senior football championship?

Dublin’s pursuit of glory for the fifth successive year will be the dominant theme in the 2019 championship which throws in this weekend with provincial action in Connacht.

Jim Gavin’s side run out for the first time on 25 May against Louth or Wexford in the Leinster championship and they are strong favourites to lift Sam Maguire again come the end of the season.

Can they be stopped? Kerry are the last team other than Dublin to triumph on All-Ireland final day with their 2014 success and they have a new manager in charge this season in Peter Keane.

Mayo are no strangers to All-Ireland final day but after a series of painful defeats, will hope that their recent league success can be a springboard to a successful summer.

Sunday sees Mayo in action in New York while another fancied Connacht outfit are also in action with Galway taking on London in their provincial opener.

And what of last year’s All-Ireland finalists Tyrone, who defeated Dublin in the league this spring and will be hoping to push on in 2019?

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