Niall Cahalane and the toughest battle the great Castlehaven warrior has faced – with cancer

In a special 75-minute Examiner Sports podcast, available Wednesday, Cahalane chokes up as he recalls for the first time: 'I didn’t handle it great at the time.'

WARRIOR: Niall Cahalane talks to Tony Leen on the Examiner Sports podcast, which is available on Wednesday.

By any metric, Niall Cahalane, his wife Ailish and seven children are one of the most remarkable families in the GAA.

Cahalane himself is one of the greats of Cork football, but six of his seven offspring have already represented their county on the senior stage in Gaelic football, Camogie and hurling – and there’s a seventh to be reckoned with soon in the youngest Kate, who is a minor this year.