Thailand

By the time you read this, Ballincollig’s Noel Galvin will be back in Cork, preparing for his club’s Munster Club SFC semi-final with Austin Stacks in Tralee on Sunday (2pm).

Ballincollig won a first Cork title on October 19, Galvin playing a key role in defence, as he had all year, but on the Friday after that he and his girlfriend Zoe Murphy departed for a holiday in Thailand. Via a crackly Viber line, Galvin relays what the past three weeks have brought.

“We flew out the Friday after the county final,” he said before returning home last night. “I booked it six months ago, not really thinking about the county final, and it just happened it fell when it did. It was lucky enough that I was able to squeeze it all in!