Quickfire Questions with Micheál Walsh

Name: Michéal Walsh
Age: 28 From: Ballinrobe RFC
Occupation: McHale Engineering

Your mood right now in three words?
Proud, focused, determined.

Best thing about being your age?  
If you haven’t grown up by my age, you don’t have to.

Best thing about being from your town?
Great sporting traditions and community.

Favourite Irish player?
Peter O’Mahony. He’s a warrior.

What’s your guilty pleasure TV show?
Bob Ross’ ‘The Joy of Painting’.

What’s your most prized possession?
My lucky pair of rugby shorts.

One old match you’d love to watch back?
All Blacks vs Barbarians 1973.

Favourite team-mate?
Pat Mylotte is always good for a laugh.

Celebrity you’d most like to hang out with?
Trevor Watson. Great craic guaranteed.

Favourite post-match meal?
Mam’s Sunday roast.

Favourite song to get ‘up’ for a match?
‘Duality’ by Slipknot.

Last book you read?
The Curious Case of the Mayo Librarian.  

Thing that makes you nervous?
Drinking with my uncle, Seamus ‘The Bull’ O’Toole.  

Favourite sporting team?
Ballinrobe RFC’s U-14 League champions.

Best advice you ever got?
Stick with her, she’s a keeper.

Last time you cried?
When she left… (on her world travels).

Any superstitions?
Drink with your left hand in Cong (keep your right hand on your wallet).

What winning a Connacht Junior Cup would mean in three words?
Shut Dad up.