18-year-old who scored winning point in Connacht final continues recovery from meningitis
“The day of the Connacht final, he was lifted on people’s shoulders and carried around in our homecoming and on the pitch above in Tuam.
Walsh will not be available for Saturday’s EirGrid All-Ireland under-20 final against Kildare at Breffni Park, but he will be part of the group on the day and travel with the squad to the game. Sligo must also plan without their team captain Canice Mulligan for Saturday’s final. Mulligan suffered a shoulder injury during last week’s All-Ireland semi-final win over Kerry and will miss the decider against Kildare.
“You’re kind of hoping that this will end up pushing other lads on,” says Henry. “But you have to take the reality of it that at the moment Mayo, Roscommon and Galway are the big three. A significant Sligo following is expected to travel to Cavan on Saturday, but Henry feels it would have been more fitting of the occasion for the final to be played at Croke Park.
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