Galvin watching Banner with tingles of excitement but no regret 

Former midfield star is almost two years retired but on an All Ireland semi-final week the nerves stir all over again

GLORY DAYS: Clare's Colm Galvin celebrates 2013 All Ireland glory at Croke Park. Pic: INPHO/Ryan Byrne

Seventeen months on, there remains a “tingle”. It’s not constant. Not at all. But on weeks such as this, it stirs inside him.

Colm Galvin turned 30 earlier this year. He shouldn’t be shooting the breeze with the Examiner four days removed from an All-Ireland semi-final against Kilkenny. He should be wondering about Adrian Mullen and whether the wounded Cat will come into his midfield orbit on Sunday.