Aidan Walsh is on the All-Ireland trail once again, 15 years after winning the Sam Maguire with Cork and seven after claiming the All-Ireland club IHC title with his native Kanturk.

Now 35, the veteran dual star completed a special double of Munster intermediate medals on Saturday when he helped his adopted an Ghaeltacht to victory over Aghabullogue of Cork in the Munster club IFC decider.

"At my age now, to get the opportunity to play an All-Ireland semi-final, it might never come around again, so I'm just really going to enjoy it and put myself in a position to get the most out of myself," Walsh said in an RTÉ interview.

"The year that Gaeltacht lost the All-Ireland semi-final to Moy, we were on the other side in the hurling, and we won the All-Ireland intermediate that year. So definitely, if I can give any bit of help or advice to the players, I will.

"It's a great way to go into Christmas, looking forward to an All-Ireland semi-final at the start of January.

"An Ghaeltacht are crying out to try and achieve something at this stage of it, because they've had misfortune on the occasions they have got this far, so we'll get the heads down and really go hard for it.

"I never thought I'd be back in this position again, so I'm very fortunate."

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