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Darren Gleeson

Darren Gleeson (born 19 March 1981) is an Irish hurler and manager who plays for Tipperary Senior Championship club Portroe and, most recently, managed the Laois senior hurling team. He played for the Tipperary senior hurling team for 10 seasons, during which time he usually lined out as a goalkeeper.

Gleeson plays his club hurling with Portroe.

In 2012, he won a North Tipperary championship medal following a 3–16 to 1–19 defeat of Toomevara.

Gleeson first played for Tipperary as a member of the under-21 team during the 2002 Munster Championship when he served as sub-goalkeeper to team captain Damien Young. On 8 August 2002, he was listed amongst the substitutes when Tipperary drew 3–9 to 2–12 with Limerick in the Munster U21HC final. Gleeson was again amongst the substitutes when Tipperary suffered a 1–20 to 2–14 defeat in the replay on 21 August 2002.[citation needed]

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 National Hurling League following a 3–18 to 3–16 victory. Gleeson was later included on Tipperary's championship panel and collected a Munster SHC 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 Cork.

Gleeson was still a member of the Tipperary senior hurling panel in 2010. That year he collected an All-Ireland SHC medal as a non-playing substitute following Tipp's 4–17 to 1–18 defeat of Kilkenny.

The following year Gleeson came on as substitute for Cummins after 64 minutes of the years's provincial decider. He won a Munster SHC medal as a result of Tipp's 7–19 to 0–19 trouncing of Waterford.

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