Seán Kelly's eye in for more success after Connacht triple crown

Job done, what's next? For Galway captain Seán Kelly, their Connacht final win over Mayo was a day to savour, but it’s already been compartmentalised and stored away with two more major targets to be ticked off in the coming weeks.

The first one he’s happy to say out loud – topping an All-Ireland group containing Derry, Westmeath and Armagh – and while task two may be more tacitly whispered, ending the Tribe County’s now 23-year wait for a 10th Sam Maguire success is very much a burning ambition for Pádraic Joyce’s side.

"To be honest, it hasn’t really [sank] in, the three in-a-row in Connacht. Maybe in 20 years times I’ll realise that but right now it’s nearly the next job, what’s next," Kelly said of Galway’s recent Connacht domination whilst speaking at the Allianz Insurance All-Ireland championship launch.

"There are bigger challenges ahead but beating the arch-rivals in any kind of final is good; they’ve gotten the better of us and knocked us out of the championship the last few years so it was good to get a positive result like that.

"Hopefully that can really kick on the squad now and we can keep building on that because we have massive challenges ahead.

"Our main goal is still not finished but it’s going to be a huge challenge and it starts with Derry."

Kelly’s desire to top their All-Ireland group, which begins with Saturday's game against Derry at Pearse Stadium, doesn’t need much explaining.

Last season, in the first year of the format, Kelly, despite not being fully fit, broke forward to win a penalty – missed by Damien Comer – and later scored the goal that seemed like it would be enough to get the result against Armagh that would bring them straight through to the quarter-finals.

However, Rory Grugan put the