Focus on football has made dual ace Aidan Walsh a Gaeltacht force

One of the last proponents of the dual inter-county player is now relishing his single code status.

Gaeltacht’s Aidan Walsh on the surge during their dramatic All-Ireland Club IFC semi-final ET win over Kildare’s Sallins at SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh. Pic: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

Aidan Walsh volunteers a couple of fascinating admissions towards the end of the conversation.

The chat has turned to his single-code focus over the past 12 months. In his native Kanturk, single code focus is an alien concept. You hold a hurley in one hand and a Gaelic football in the other.