Westmeath GAA some months later, after he had been removed from the Kerry Senior team management. The following year, Westmeath progressed to the 2004 Leinster Senior Football Championship Final and won their first ever Leinster senior football title with a replayed victory over Laois (having previously beaten Wexford, Dublin and Offaly). However the team tamely exitted their second All-Ireland Quarter Final - losing to Derry. The documentary "Marooned" followed Westmeath during their 2004 season. Ó Sé quit Westmeath at the end of a very poor 2005 season and was replaced by his assistant Tomás Ó Flatharta. After a poor league campaign, in
2018 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship four matches, with Carlow confirming their place on 9 June after beating Westmeath. The top two teams at the end of the round-robin, Westmeath and Carlow, faced each other in the final on 1 July 2018. The game, which took place in Croke Park, saw Carlow emerge victorious by a margin of five points to claim the inaugural Joe McDonagh Cup title. As a Leinster county, Carlow were automatically promoted to the Leinster championship for 2019, taking the place of Offaly. The preliminary quarter-finals saw the third-placed teams from the two provincial round-robins play the two teams who competed in