Carl Walsh: 'Sticking to history slavishly, to the point things can become extinct, is stupid'

Carl Walsh is on the committee of Gaelic Games Victoria and will be one of three delegates to represent the overseas county board next week

Carl Walsh is on the committee of Gaelic Games Victoria and will be one of three delegates to represent the overseas county board next week

The free-flowing tears stemmed from relief as much as joy. For Carl Walsh, they were a visual dispatch that said more than words ever could. It was 1992 in the Gaelic Grounds and Clare were Munster champions for the first time in 75 years. His father had every right to be emotional.

After all, in more ways than one, he helped make it happen.