Darren Gleeson (born 19 March 1981) is an Irish hurler and

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who plays for Tipperary Senior Championship club

Portroe Portroe () is a village in County Tipperary, Ireland. The village is located on the R494 regional road, 3 km from the eastern shore of Lough Derg and 10 km west of the town of Nenagh. Portroe spans the townlands of Garrykennedy, Glenc ...

and is currently managing the Antrim senior hurling team. He played for the

Tipperary senior hurling team The Tipperary county hurling team represents Tipperary in hurling and is governed by Tipperary GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team competes in the three major annual inter-county competitions; the All-Ireland Seni ...

for 10 seasons, during which time he usually lined out as a goalkeeper.

Playing career

Portroe

Gleeson plays his club hurling with

and has enjoyed some success. In 2012 he won a North Tipperary championship medal following a 3-16 to 1-19 defeat of

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Tipperary

Under-21

Gleeson first played for

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as a member of the under-21 team during the 2002 Munster Championship when he served as sub-goalkeeper to

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Damien Young. On 8 August 2002, he was listed amongst the substitutes when Tipperary drew 3-09 to 2-12 with

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in the Munster final. Gleeson was again amongst the substitutes when Tipperary suffered a 1-20 to 2-14 defeat in the replay on 21 August 2002.

Senior

In 2008 Gleeson joined the Tipperary senior hurling team as understudy to regular 'keeper Brendan Cummins. He was an unused substitute as Tipperary claimed that year's

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following a 3-18 to 3-16 victory. Gleeson was later included on Tipperary's championship panel and collected a

Munster Munster ( gle, an Mhumhain or ) is one of the provinces of Ireland, in the south of Ireland. In early Ireland, the Kingdom of Munster was one of the kingdoms of Gaelic Ireland ruled by a "king of over-kings" ( ga, rí ruirech). Following the ...

medal as a non-playing substitute following a 2-21 to 0-19 defeat of Clare. Gleeson made his competitive debut the following season in a league game against Galway. Later that year he made his championship debut as a ten-minute blood sub for Brendan Cummins in a 1-19 to 0-19 Munster quarter-final defeat of

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. Gleeson was still a member of the Tipperary senior hurling panel in 2010. That year he collected an

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medal as a non-playing substitute following Tipp's 4-17 to 1-18 defeat of

Kilkenny Kilkenny (). is a city in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is located in the South-East Region and in the province of Leinster. It is built on both banks of the River Nore. The 2016 census gave the total population of Kilkenny as 26,512. Kilken ...

. The following year Gleeson came on as substitute for Cummins after 64 minutes of the provincial decider. He won a

medal as a result of Tipp's 7-19 to 0-19 trouncing of

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. Gleeson started the

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season as first choice goalkeeper for Tipperary due to the retirement of Brendan Cummins at the end of the

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season. He made his first start in the championship for Tipperary on 1 June 2014 in the

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against

in a 2-18 to 2-16 defeat. On 17 August 2014, Tipperary defeated Cork by 2-18 to 1-11 in the All-Ireland semi-final to reach the

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. Former Cork goalkeeper

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speaking on the Sunday Game highlights programme on the night of the semi-final match said that in his opinion Gleeson had given the greatest ever display of tactical puckouts in the game saying "Darren Gleeson gave the greatest display of tactical puckouts ever seen... I want to put it on record: it was the greatest display of puckouts ever but the Cork defending was poor". Gleeson started his first All Ireland final on 7 September 2014 against Kilkenny in a match that finished in a draw. Kilkenny went on to defeat Tipperary in the replay three weeks later. In October 2014, Gleeson won his first All Stars Award after a successful

campaign where Tipperary reached the

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. On 4 September 2016, Gleeson won his second All-Ireland Senior hurling title when Tipperary defeated Kilkenny in the

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by 2-29 to 2-20. In October 2017, Gleeson announced his retirement from inter-county hurling, citing work and family commitments as the reasons.

Managerial career

Antrim

On 9 September 2019, Gleeson was ratified as manager of the Antrim senior hurling team. He led the side to the

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Division 2A title when they overcame

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in the final by 2-23 to 2-20 on 18 October 2020. Antrim went on to win the 2020 Joe McDonagh Cup after a 0-22 to 1-17 win over

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. On 9 May 2021, Antrim defeated Clare by 1-21 to 0-22 in the opening round of the

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Personal life

On 4 May 2016, it was reported that he was banned from being a financial adviser by the Central Bank. In court in January 2017, Gleeson denied the charges of stealing €32,000 from a financial services client, pleading not guilty to two counts of stealing a total of €32,000 in 2013. On 27 June 2017, Gleeson was given a three-and-a-half year suspended prison sentence after admitting an offence of obtaining €10,000 by deception from an elderly man in 2013.

Career statistics

As a player

As a manager

Honours

Player

;Portroe *

North Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship The North Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Hibernian Inn North Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the North Tipperary Board of the Gaelic Athletic Asso ...

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;Awards * All-Star (1): 2014

Manager

;Antrim * National League Division 2A (1):

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References

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