Ger Brennan wants to keep Leinster champions Louth’s winning streak going at Croke Park.
The Wee County ended 68 years of hurt with a dramatic provincial final win in front of 65,786.
Captain Sam Mulroy drilled 1-7 including a crucial late two-pointer as Louth finally made amends for their agonising 2010 loss to Meath.
All-Star Craig Lennon was inspired too, firing 1-1 including a 70th minute point to see off their old Royal County rivals.
Boss Brennan says they’re just getting going now with an All-Ireland SFC group campaign to look forward to.
But they’ll have to figure out where to play their Round 1 tie against Monaghan on May 24/25.
Lout haven’t got a county ground big enough for large crowds so have been playing their home games across the Monaghan border in Inniskeen.
Asked where they’ll play Monaghan, Brennan said: “We might get a double header in Croke Park. It would be great to play here again if there’s another game available to double up with.
“I don’t think we’d fill it out as a standalone fixture. But I think if there’s another game going, it would be great to get it here.”
Dubliner Brennan won five Leinster titles as a player with Dublin but this was surely his most satisfying provincial win.
Long-suffering Louth had come up short in the 2023 and 2024 deciders and trailed Meath by three points with just over 20 minutes to go.
Brennan said they took their preparations ‘to a different level’ this year and all that hard work paid off as they rallied in the final quarter.
He said: “To be fair to Meath and their supporters, the atmosphere they brought, the flares on The Hill, it would give you goosebumps.
“Credit to both sets of players, both of them came out with some stylish plays. It was an incredible experience.
“Between having kids and winning a few All-Irelands playing, this is right up there. This is an incredible experience. To be fair to the lads, we push them but they push us.”
Captain fantastic Mulroy said the players never stopped believing that they’d win a Leinster senior medal some day.
He said: “It was a case of, do we go on like we don’t believe and keep playing like that or do we keep believing? If you don’t change anything nothing changes.
“When we set out on this journey a number of years back, it was about taking it step by step, setback by setback. This group is very resilient. You’re just building.
“You’re stacking up evidence every single day that you can do something special.
“Obviously the management then have come in and pushed us on further. It’s one of those things. You ask, ‘Why not us?’ That was in the back of my head.”