‘Everyone was looking, and wondering, who is this lunatic?’ - Killian Clarke on being made Cavan captain

He was on his way home from Dublin to training, sitting in traffic with his headphones in, when the call came.

The county’s new senior football manager, Mattie McGleenan, was ringing with an offer that amazed and humbled in equal measure.

Killian Clarke, aged 23, was to be the new Cavan captain.