Pat Walsh (hurler)
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| Native name | Pádraig Breathnach (Irish) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 June 1963 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Carpenter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Hurling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Centre-forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Patrick Walsh (born 14 June 1963)[1] is an Irish retired hurler. At club level, he played with Windgap and at inter-county level with the Kilkenny senior hurling team.
Career
Walsh began his club hurling career at juvenile and underage levels with Windgap. He was centre-back on the club's junior team that beat Danesfort by 1–11 to 2–01 to win the Kilkenny JHC title in 1986.[2]
At inter-county level with Kilkenny, Walsh won two All-Ireland medals in the space of a few weeks in 1984, after lining out for the successful under-21 and junior teams.[3] He also made his senior team debut that year and was part of Kilkenny's four-point 1984 Oireachtas Cup final defeat of Cork.[4]
Walsh remained a member of the senior team's extended panel for the next few seasons. He won a National Hurling League title in 1986, before later claiming successive Leinster SHC medals.[5] Walsh lined out at right corner-forward in Kilkenny's 1–12 to 0–09 defeat by Galway in the 1987 All-Ireland SHC final.[6] He ended his inter-county career with a second All-Ireland JHC success in 1990.[7]
Honours
- Windgap
- Kilkenny
- Leinster Senior Hurling Championship: 1986, 1987
- National Hurling League: 1985–86
- Oireachtas Cup: 1984
- All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship: 1984, 1990
- Leinster Junior Hurling Championship: 1984, 1990
- All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship: 1984
- Leinster Under-21 Hurling Championship: 1984
References
- ^ "The men of '87". Kilkenny People. 4 September 1987. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
- ^ "Windgap's fighting spirit made all the difference". Kilkenny People. 24 October 1986. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
- ^ "Leinster Under-21 All-Ireland Hurling Winning Teams" (PDF). Leinster GAA website. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
- ^ "Kilkenny GAA Bible" (PDF). Kilkenny GAA website. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
- ^ "Leinster Senior All-Ireland Hurling Winning Teams" (PDF). Leinster GAA website. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
- ^ "The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games" (PDF). DBA Publications. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
- ^ "Leinster Junior All-Ireland Hurling Winning Teams" (PDF). Leinster GAA website. Retrieved 30 December 2025.