Paul Durcan checks in for Ballyboden St Enda’s

Late last night, Paul Durcan arrived into Dublin from the Middle East.

It’s the third such eight hour flight he’s made to play for Ballyboden St Enda’s these last couple of months. After tomorrow’s Leinster final, he’ll make the seven hour trip back hoping he has a medal to put through the metal detector and more air miles to amount in 2016.

Tomás Ó Sé never had it this difficult switching clubs but Durcan’s used to taking to the skies for his football. Often, he was helicoptered from Dublin to training in Donegal meaning he had the benefit of skipping those six-hour return road trips.