Tommy Walsh

Tommy Walsh, whose given name is Thomas, is an Irish hurler born in 1983 who played as a right wing-back for Kilkenny. From Tullaroan in County Kilkenny, he came through St Kieran's College and the Kilkenny minor and under-21 sides, joined the senior panel in 2002 and was a regular starter from 2003. He won nine All-Ireland medals, two of them as a non-playing substitute, plus ten Leinster medals and seven National Hurling League medals, and retired from inter-county hurling in November 2014. He won nine consecutive All-Star awards, and in 2009 he took the All-Star, Texaco and GPA Hurler of the Year awards together. He captained Ireland to the composite rules shinty-hurling title in 2009, won five Railway Cup medals with Leinster and plays club hurling with Tullaroan.