Motherhood and football working in harmony for Galvin

Louise Galvin says motherhood has been a huge positive in her return to Kerry Ladies Football team  

FAMILY MATTERS: Louise Galvin with her son Florian and the cup after the Lidl Ladies Football National League Division 1 Final. Pic: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

The return of Louise Galvin to the Kerry Ladies football squad last season surprised many, because she and Kerry All-Ireland medal-winning husband Donnchadh Walsh had produced a bouncing baby boy Florian in March 2022. Yet Galvin was back training with Kerry in June, in time for their All-Ireland quarter-final clash with Armagh.

"Now to get back to performance levels required probably took until early this year rather than the end of last year," she says. "It was never the plan really to come back but then I was at home and Donnchadh was gone off out training that I realised I am not ready to give it up. I think being part of a team is kind of addictive and hard to let go of."