Talented Galway attacker Sean Armstrong has quit the inter-county scene after 10 years in the maroon and white jersey.

A week after James Kavanagh's decision to hang up the boots, the Salthill-Knocknacarra clubman told The Irish Independent he has fallen out of love with gaelic football.

"I have chatted with Kevin (Walsh), a couple of long chats through November and the beginning of December but I don't see myself returning to the fold in January and that will be it for me then. I haven't the same love for it that I once had.

"It has become extremely time-consuming. To go back into the fold, in my eyes, you need to be 100pc committed to the cause and I don't want to go back even 80pc or 90pc feeling that if I go back in I'll get the grá back I'll get motoring.

"It would just be unfair to everyone involved.

"I just want to take time out and concentrate on other things. Myself and my girlfriend are teachers so you have summers off. It is an attractive proposition."

The 29-year-old admitted he failed to reach the high standards people had set for him at senior level following his three goal heroics in the 2005 All-Ireland U-21 FC final win over Down.

"Part of me would love to go back and really realise my own potential because that is one thing I probably regret.

I will definitely play on with the club but I just haven't been enjoying it in there for a couple of different reasons.

"Last year was really frustrating me because I felt I was playing my best football. I thought I had matured as a footballer.

"I wouldn't be one for excuses but I felt frustrated that I had so much more to give but the management didn't see it that way. I feel I was harshly treated. I felt I had a lot more to give and I know some of the other players would think that too, particularly last year.

"The previous years I had no excuses. I could only look to myself.

"I just don't have that desire to go back and have done as much as I possibly can."

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