Darren Gleeson enjoying the long road to success with Antrim

After first coming up the road with Liam Sheedy, the Antrim project intrigued him. When Neal Peden left the post over the winter to become ‘Director of Hurling’, the front of house job was on the slate

Antrim manager Darren Gleeson: 'It is a fantastic game we have. So entertaining. Why alter it?'. Picture: Philip Fitzpatrick/Sportsfile

This Saturday, all the attention will be on young Caoimhe Gleeson, making her first Holy Communion.

Her father Darren will certainly be there in body and trying his best to maintain presence in spirit, as the following day and Croke Park on All-Ireland final day looms.