Marianne Walsh: ‘Camogie was a great distraction from ‘when’s my next scan?’’

Mooncoin corner-back Marianne Walsh won the Kilkenny camogie junior title and was nominated for Kilkenny’s junior camogie player of the year, just 12 months after being diagnosed with Grade 3 Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

INSPIRATIONAL: Marianne Walsh secured a Kilkenny JHC camogie medal with Mooncoin after their win over Piltown. Walsh won the medal just five months after completing a course of chemotherapy. Pictures: Patrick Browne

Marianne Walsh apologises for her hoarse voice. “There have been a few celebrations the last few days,” the Mooncoin corner-back laughs about their Kilkenny camogie junior final win over Piltown on Saturday.

Who could blame her? Twelve months ago, the then 25-year-old nurse was diagnosed with Grade 3 Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.