Darren Gleeson

Darren Gleeson

Personal information
Sport	Hurling
Position	Goalkeeper
Born	19 March 1981 (1981-03-19) (age 30) Portroe, County Tipperary
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Occupation	Financial Advisor
Club(s)
Years	Club
1990s-present	Portroe
Club Titles
Tipperary titles	0
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County	Apps (scores)
2008-present	Tipperary	2 (0-00)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	3 (3 as sub)
All Irelands	1 (1 as sub)
NHL	1 (1 as sub)
All Stars	0

Darren Gleeson (born 19 March 1981 in Portroe, County Tipperary) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Portroe and has been the sub-goalkeeper on the Tipperary senior inter-county team since 2008. He made his Tipperary championship debut in the 2009 Munster Championship coming on as a substitute against Cork.He has twice been named Player of the Tournament at the Kilmacud Crokes All-Ireland Sevens and was part of the Portroe team which won the title in 1999. Darren was captain of the Portroe senior team which reached its first North Tipperary senior hurling final in 2009. He kept a clean sheet, but Eire Og, Nenagh scored enough points to win convincingly.

On 5 September 2010, Gleeson was a non-playing substitute as Tipperary won their 26th All Ireland title, beating reigning champions Killkenny by 4-17 to 1-18 in the final, preventing Kilkenny from achieving an historic 5-in-a-row, it was Gleeson's first All-Ireland winners medal.^[1] In July 2011 he played his second championship game for Tipperary in the 2011 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final, coming on as a sixty fourth minute substitute for Brendan Cummins.^[2]

References

1. ^ "Rampant Tipp deny Cats immortality". Irish Independent. 2010-09-06. http://www.independent.ie/sport/hurling/rampant-tipp-deny-cats-immortality-2326052.html. Retrieved 2010-09-08. 
2. ^ "Munster massacre: Tipp in seventh heaven". Irish Independent. 11 July 2011. http://www.independent.ie/sport/hurling/munster-massacre-tipp-in-seventh-heaven-2817983.html. Retrieved 11 July 2011. 

External links

• Tipperary Player Profiles
• Hurling Stats Profile

Persondata
Name	Gleeson, Darren
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	19 March 1981
Place of birth	Portroe
Date of death
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