Grainne Walsh remembers being among a handful of people to meet Katie Taylor in Tullamore shortly before the London Olympics.
A midlands boxer is looking to blaze her own trail all the way to Paris next year.
Grainne Walsh remembers being among a handful of people to meet Katie Taylor in Tullamore shortly before the London Olympics.
A short time later there were thousands to welcome home a gold medal hero.
Walsh claimed the National Championship at 66kg in a stunning victory over World Champion Amy Broadhurst.
The Offaly boxer recalls how Taylor was an unrecognised legend of the sport until London 2012:
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