Cycle of hope and hardship gives way to a more consistent Sligo

Veteran Patrick O'Connor eager for Dublin clash, with some familiar faces opposite, as Yeats County continue on upward curve

MOVING ON UP: Patrick O'Connor of Sligo during the Connacht GAA Football Senior Championship Semi-Final match between Sligo and New York at Markievicz Park in Sligo. Pic: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

Work and play. Dublin and Sligo. Patrick O’Connor knows them both intimately. On Sunday his worlds collide at Kingspan Breffni.

The Sligo footballer is a business advisor with Bank of Ireland in Dublin and rides the bus back west for training. It means a dash for the door before 5pm and collapsing into bed well after midnight but it is doable all the same. Under Tony McEntee, they found a format that works for the team and for the players.