Buckley aims to make up for post-wedding day blues

The 31-year-old’s objective is what he has tasted on three occasions, the last of them 10 years ago.

Cillian Buckley: There was a quick call made to Derek Lyng to make sure I was still wanted on the panel. Pic: David Fitzgerald, Sportsfile

Forty-three days. Essentially, that’s what Cillian Buckley’s 2023 season and year boiled down to.

The length of time from one June afternoon scoring a last-gasp Leinster-winning goal to six weeks later marrying the love of his life Niamh and just over 24 hours later coming on in his seventh All-Ireland final.