Con O’Callaghan following proud family tradition

Back in December, Con O’Callaghan explained why after lighting up the AIB Leinster club hurling championship with Cuala, he still had little interest in pursuing an inter-county hurling career.

“My Dad was a footballer so that might have swayed me a bit and I probably felt I had a bit more to offer in football,” said Con, who picked up a hurley for the first time all year after Dublin’s All-Ireland football triumph and rattled off 6-10 in three provincial championship games.

The thing is, labelling Maurice O’Callaghan merely a ‘footballer’ does a vast disservice to an intriguing career that saw the father of Cuala senior duo Con and Cian line out in both codes for two different counties, Dublin and Westmeath.