Shane Lennon has explained why he called time on his Louth intercounty career.
In a statement, the full forward, who has represented Louth since 2005, explained that hip injuries had affected him in recent years.
"Unfortunately in the last few years my career has become very stop start due to certain problems with my hips. Over the last three years I underwent two hip operations, and during 2014 this started to affect my day-to-day living, I was going from game to game and not been able to train during the week which was far from ideal for what is expected of a current inter county footballer. This was very frustrating for myself, management and also my team-mates," he said.
Lennon won a Tommy Murphy Cup in 2006, as well as the O'Byrne Cup in 2009. He was also part of the team that reached the 2010 Leinster final.