Cillian McDaid: 'It's been great to get a full batch of training and games during the league'

"We just have everyone in that area fit and available at the minute. For the last couple of years, players have been there, but, you know, maybe through form and injuries, whereas at the minute, we're very close to full strength out in that area.”

FITNESS: Cillian McDaid came into the year nursing no complaints and so he headed into championship with as sizable a body of work under the bonnet as he’d ever put together. Pic: ©INPHO/Dan Sheridan

An insignificant and unremarkable happening to everyone else. A massively significant milestone for Cillian McDaid.

On the second last Sunday of March, McDaid lined out at Pearse Stadium against the green and gold. It was the first time in his eight-season Galway existence that he started the county’s final round-robin League outing. It was the first time in eight maroon seasons that his number of League starts climbed as high as five.