Donnchadh Walsh

Donnchadh Walsh
Personal information
Irish name	Donnchadh Breathnach
Sport	Gaelic Football
Position	Left Half Forward
Born	(1984-07-03) 3 July 1984 Tralee, Ireland
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Club(s)
Years	Club
2001-	Réalt na Mara, Cromane
Colleges(s)
Years	College
	RCSI
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
2006-	Kerry
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	4
All-Irelands	2
NFL	1
All Stars	1

Donnchadh Walsh (born 3 July 1984) is an Irish Gaelic footballer.He attended the Intermediate School Killorglin.He is a midfielder and forward, he plays his football with the Cromane club, the Mid Kerry divisional side and the Kerry county panel.

Walsh was described as a 'star' and a 'teen sensation' for Kerry in the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship.^[1] He won the Munster Minor Football Championship with Kerry in 2001 ^[2] and 2002.^[3] He was first selected for the senior squad in 2003.^[1] Despite his status as a highly promising player,^[3] Walsh did not make the breakthrough to All-Ireland Senior Football Championship football with Kerry until 2008. However, he was being tipped to do following an excellent 2007 season in the Kerry Senior Football Championship with Mid Kerry. He was also given his chance in the National Football League 2008.^[4] His first Munster Senior Football Championship game came in the final of July 2008. Walsh started and scored 1–1, but Cork defeated Kerry with a second-half comeback. The following year he won his first All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medal after Kerry beat Cork. Five years later Kerry defied all odds to claim their 36th All-Ireland in an amazing year and Walsh was exceptional throughout the whole season. But the one thing that eluded him was an All-Star. How he didn't win one between 2009-2014 was one of the most baffling mysteries in the GAA. Finally, in 2015, he got a fully deserved All-Star. His incredible work ethic when playing for kerry was finally rewarded.

References

1 2 Gaelic Football: WALSH READY TO TAKE A BIG STEP UP WITH KERRY | Sunday Mirror | Find Articles at BNET.com
↑ MUNSTER MFC FINAL – Hurling, Sport. Independent.ie (2002-07-15). Retrieved on 2012-05-13.
1 2 The Kingdom – 2002/08/29: GAA: Royal shock for Kerry Minors. Archives.tcm.ie (2002-08-29). Retrieved on 2012-05-13.
↑ RTÉ Sport: Mayo 0–16 Kerry 1–12. Rte.ie (2008-03-16). Retrieved on 2012-05-13.

Kerry senior football team – current panel

1 B. Kealy

2 M. Ó Sé
3 M. Griffin
4 S. Enright

8 K. Donaghy
9 D. Moran

Subs: 18 K. Young for Fitzgerald; 23 B. O'Sullivan for Walsh; 22 J. Lyne for Griffin; 19 B. J. Keane for O'Brien; 20 P. O'Connor for Crowley; 21 M. Geaney for Murphy

Subs not used: 16 B. Kelly; 17 J. Buckley; 24 K. O'Leary; 25 T. Walsh; 26 D. Daly

Manager: É. Fitzmaurice

Selectors: P. Corcoran; L. Hassett; D. Murphy; M. Sheehy

(Team as of 24 April 2016 versus Dublin)

Kerry Football Squads

Kerry – 2007 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (35th title)

Subs used

18 S. O'Sullivan for Galvin
20 Darran O'Sullivan for Declan O'Sullivan
26 T. Griffin for Young
21 M. F. Russell for Sheehan
19 M. Lyons for Reidy

Subs not used: 16 K. Cremin; 17 M. Quirke; 22 D. Bohane; 23 P. O'Connor; 24 R. Ó Flatharta; 25 K. O'Leary; 27 R. Hussey; 28 D. Walsh; 29 T. Walsh; 30 D. Quill

Manager: P. O'Shea

Manager: D. Geaney; S. Geaney

Kerry – 2008 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up

1 D. Murphy 2 M. Ó Sé 3 T. O'Sullivan 4 P. Reidy 5 T. Ó Sé (c) 6 A. O'Mahony 7 K. Young 8 D. Ó Sé 9 S. Scanlon 10 B. Sheehan 11 Declan O'Sullivan 12 E. Brosnan 13 C. Cooper 14 K. Donaghy 15 T. Walsh Subs used P. Galvin for T. Walsh Darran O'Sullivan for E. Brosnan T. Griffin for S. Scanlon M. F. Russell for B. Sheehan D. Moran for B. Sheehan Manager P. O'Shea

Kerry – 2009 National Football League Champions (19th title)

1 D. Murphy 2 P. Reidy 3 T. O'Sullivan 4 K. Young 5 T. Ó Sé 6 A. O'Mahony 7 T. Griffin 8 A. Maher 9 M. Quirke 10 D. Walsh 11 Declan O'Sullivan 12 Darran O'Sullivan (c) 13 C. Cooper 14 K. Donaghy 15 T. Walsh Subs used D Ó Sé T. Kennelly B. Sheehan D. Bohane S. O'Sullivan Aidan O'Shea Manager J. O'Connor

Kerry – 2009 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (36th title)

Subs used: 18 D. Walsh for T. Kennelly; 27 K. Donaghy for Darran O'Sullivan; 20 M. Quirke for D. Ó Sé; 23 D. Moran for T. Walsh; 17 A. O'Mahony for K. Young

Subs not used: 16 G. Reidy; 19 B. Sheehan; 21 P. O'Connor; 22 P. Reidy; 24 A. Maher; 25 S. O'Sullivan; 26 D. Bohan; 28 A. O'Shea; 29 M. Corridan; 30 B.J. Walsh

Manager: J. O'Connor
Selectors: É. Fitzmaurice; G. O'Keeffe

Kerry – 2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up

Subs used: 18 P. Galvin for O'Leary; 21 B. J. Keane for Walsh; 17 D. Bohane for Brosnan

Subs not used: 16 T. Mac a' tSaoir; 19 S. Enright; 20 J. O'Donoghue; 22 P. Reidy; 23 P. Crowley; 24 T. Griffin; 25 J. Buckley; 26 B. McGuire; 27 S. Scanlon; 28 N. O'Mahony; 29 D. Geaney; 30 A. O'Connell; 31 D. Casey

Manager: J. O'Connor

Selectors: G. O'Keeffe; D. Murphy

Kerry – 2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (37th title)

Subs used: 18 M. Geaney for O'Brien; 21 B. J. Keane for P. Geaney; 17 S. Enright for Fitzgerald; 19 Declan O'Sullivan for Walsh; 20 B. Sheehan for Moran; 23 K. O'Leary for Donaghy

Subs not used: 16 B. Kealy; 22 Darran O'Sullivan; 24 J. Lyne; 25 M. Griffin; 26 P. Kilkenny; 27 A. Fitzgerald; 28 C. Cooper; 29 J. Sherwood; 30 D. Casey; 31 P. O'Donoghue; 32 S. O'Callaghan; 33 M. Mangan; 34 F. MacNamara
Manager: É. Fitzmaurice

Selectors: M. Sheehy; D. Murphy
Trainer: C. O'Neill

2015 All Star Gaelic Football Team

1 B. Kealy 2 S. Enright 3 R. O'Carroll 4 P. McMahon 5 L. Keegan 6 C. O'Sullivan 7 J. McCaffrey^FOTY 8 B. Fenton 9 A. Maher 10 M. Donnelly 11 C. Kilkenny 12 D. Walsh 13 C. McManus 14 A. O'Shea 15 B. Brogan

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