the teams have faced each other in the final on multiple occasions, with their first ever meeting coming in the 1922 final. they next met in the semi-final of the 1933 championship, with galway emerging victorious in mullingar's cusack park. the following year's final saw the two meet again, with galway coming out on top. the two sides next met in further finals over the following decades, facing off in 1942, 1963 and 1974 with dublin victorious on each occasion.