Champion Dublin footballer thought stroke symptoms were tiredness from training

Four-time All-Ireland winning footballer with Dublin, Siobhan McGrath, has urged people to get medical help immediately if they recognise any one of the four major signs of stroke, following her own experience in June last year. (Media Consult/Photocall Ireland)

A four-time All-Ireland winning footballer has revealed how she initially mistook the symptoms of a stroke as feeling tired after a training session.

Siobhan McGrath – who has lifted the Brendan Martin Cup with Dublin in 2010, 2018, 2019, and 2020 – said she had woken up one morning last June and felt exhausted and confused.