Dick Walsh

Dick Walsh, known as Drug and born Richard Walsh, lived from 30 December 1877 to 28 July 1958 and was an Irish hurler from Mooncoin, County Kilkenny, who played as a centre-forward at senior level for the Kilkenny county team. He joined the Kilkenny senior team at twenty-four, made his senior debut in the 1904 championship and became a regular, winning seven All-Ireland medals and seven Leinster medals and captaining the team to the All-Ireland titles in 1907, 1909 and 1913. He captained the Leinster inter-provincial team to the Railway Shield, and at club level was a four-time championship medallist with Mooncoin. He retired after the 1914 championship and then became a coach, serving as trainer of the Laois team that won the All-Ireland title in 1915.