The Kerry County Board announced an unexpected comeback for Paul Galvin this evening. The 35-year-old trained with Kerry in Tralee ahead of their Allianz Football League clash with Cork at Páirc Uí Rinn this weekend.
The Lixnaw man retired last surprisingly retired in February of last year with Kerry going on to win the All-Ireland.
Here's how Twitter reacted to the news.
Great news @pgal10 continuing on, Bleeds Green & Gold and just what @Kerry_Official need
— Tadhg Kennelly (@TadhgKennelly) March 3, 2015
Wow! Paul Galvin back with Kerry. No-one saw that coming. Wonder is he being pencilled in for centre-back?
— Kieran Cunningham (@KCsixtyseven) March 3, 2015
@Jdbfitzgerald Paul Galvin back with the kingdom...must surely be the fashionable collarless jerseys that swung it for him!
— John Cleary (@jcleary90) March 3, 2015
It might be Fitzmaurice at the Kerry helm but this Galvin trick is a Jack O'Connor one. Brosnan, McCarthy, O'Sullivan. #GAA
— John Fogarty (@JohnFogartyIrl) March 3, 2015
By the way no trees around Caherslee pitch so info coming back is sketchy -just when I thought I had the Kerry/ Cork Presser to myself #bang
— Mortimer Murphy (@MortimerMurphy1) March 3, 2015
Fitting that Paul Galvin has announced a comeback the week of a Cork-Kerry game. Even a league one. Presume year off healed up the body.
— Éamonn Murphy (@EamonnMurphy19) March 3, 2015
Tomorrow's Kerryman newspaper: Paul Galvin comes out of retirement to return to Kerry senior football squad pic.twitter.com/JKBV6zCNlH
— Paul Brennan (@Brennan_PB) March 3, 2015
Brilliant to see Paul Galvin coming back to inter county football. Kerry starting to look formidable. #GAA
— Niall McCoy (@McCoyNiall) March 3, 2015
Holy shit, Paul Galvin's back. Forget any possible Oasis comeback. Forget any possible John Lennon revival. This is it.
— Eoin Sheahan (@EoinSheahan) March 3, 2015
Galvin back for Kerry? They've been struggling badly without him...
— Tommy Martin (@TommyMartinTV3) March 3, 2015
Galvin's return to Kerry flies in the face of everything he wrote in his book on why he left. Not convinced! But love it all the same #GAA
— Anne-Marie (@thecailinrua) March 3, 2015
Most other counties have lost players for 2015. Kerry have gained Gooch, Tommy Walsh and Paul Galvin #RedHotFavourites
— Henry Martin (@henrymartin1) March 3, 2015
Picture credit: Stephen McCarthy / SPORTSFILE
