Faugheen is the stand-out name from five declarations for the Queally Group Celebrating 35 Years In Naas Punchestown Champion Hurdle on Friday.
Willie Mullins' Cheltenham Festival hero will bid to maintain his remarkable unbeaten record in the Grade One on the penultimate day of the Punchestown Festival.
Jezki, who won this race 12 months ago, has also been declared, but he is set to run in the Ladbrokes World Series Hurdle on Thursday.
Faugheen's stablemate Arctic Fire finished second in the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham but was a faller at Aintree.
He will get the chance to set the record straight alongside the David Pipe-trained Dell' Arca and Tiger Roll from Gordon Elliott's yard.
Meanwhile, Willie Mullins fires four bullets at the Tattersalls Ireland Champion Novice Hurdle on Friday.
Chief hope for the all-conquering Closutton team would appear to be Nichols Canyon, who excelled in the Mersey Novices' Hurdle at Aintree.
He will be ridden by Ruby Walsh, while McKinley, Outlander and Sempre Medici complete the battalion for Mullins, who won the race 12 months ago with Vautour.
Alpha Des Obeaux, Phil's Magic and No More Heroes have also been declared for the Grade One over two and a half miles, though the latter is due to run at the Punchestown Festival on Wednesday.
Live coverage of The Punchestown Festival on RTÉ One from 4pm to 6pm, continuing on RTÉ2 from 6pm to 7pm, Tuesday to Friday and on RTÉ2 from 3pm to 6pm on Saturday.
