Gary Walsh (Gaelic footballer)

Gary Walsh
Personal information
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Goalkeeper
Occupation	Accountant
Club(s)
Years	Club
19??–19??; 19??–19??	Aodh Ruadh; Burren
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1984–1996	Donegal
Inter-county titles
Ulster titles	2
All-Irelands	1
All Stars	1

Gary Walsh is an Irish Gaelic football coach and former goalkeeper for Aodh Ruadh, Burren and the Donegal county team.

He is from Ballyshannon.

He received his secondary education at De La Salle College Ballyshannon.^[1] As of 2009, he lived in Derry and worked as an accountant with Derry City Council.^[2]

He played against Armagh in the 1990 Ulster Senior Football Championship final, won by Donegal.^[3]

He played for his county from 1984 to 1996 and was a member of its 1992 All-Ireland SFC winning team. He conceded only 3 goals in 6 matches of the 1992 championship.^[2] He won an All Star Award.

He won two Down Senior Football Championships with Burren. He missed the 1992 Down SFC final so that he could play for Donegal in the All-Ireland SFC final the following week.^[4]

After retiring, he assisted Brian McEniff as a goalkeeping coach when McEniff returned as Donegal manager in the early 2000s; Tony Blake credits Walsh with helping him have his best season in 2003.^[5]

His brother Eunan is a coach with St Eunan's GAA and a Garda who, as of 2021, was Sergeant in Charge of Letterkenny Garda Station, a town in which he spent much of his career in policing.^[6]

Honours[]

Donegal

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship: 1992^[2]
Ulster Senior Football Championship: 1990,^[3] 1992^{[citation needed]}

Burren

Down Senior Football Championship: 1996, 1997

Individual

All Star: 1992

References[]

^ McHugh, Michael (23 April 2020). "De La Salle's 'Band of Brothers' recalled on 40th anniversary of All Ireland Colleges victory: The Donegal school of 155 students that made history in 1980 for Ballyshannon". Retrieved 23 April 2020. The DLS team and subs included: Thomas Cleary; Pauric McLoone, Paschal McTernan, Conor Boyle; Thomas Gallagher, Tommy McDermott, Paul Tuohy; Brian Tuohy (Capt.), Matt Gallagher; Martin Williamson, Michael McHugh, Tom McMahon; John Lee, Brian Murray, Pauric Bromley. Subs: PJ Ward for John Lee; Eunan Gallagher, Eunan Doyle, Conor Maguire, Tommy McLoughlin, Declan Gallagher… Indeed, a number of that winning All Ireland team and younger Loch an Iuir success went on to distinguish themselves in the green and gold of Donegal and Ulster. These included Gary Walsh, Matt Gallagher and Brian Murray, who all played vital roles in Donegal's first ever All Ireland senior football final victory against Dublin in 1992.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Foley, Alan (8 January 2009). "The heroes of '92 — Where are they now?". Donegal Democrat. Archived from the original on 18 December 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b McNulty, Chris (18 July 2015). "Donegal's 1990 Ulster winners will be honoured tomorrow — here is their story". Retrieved 18 July 2015.
^ "1992 All-Ireland Senior Football Final: Dublin v Donegal". 21 March 2020.
^ McNulty, Chris (27 January 2018). "Tony Blake backs 'quality' Patton after 'brave' decision to join Donegal panel". Retrieved 27 January 2018.
^ Walsh, Harry (11 March 2021). "'Old style policing' makes welcome return during crisis". Donegal News. Retrieved 11 March 2021.

External links[]

Gary Walsh at gaainfo.com
Profile Hogan Stand
Gary Walsh saves from Vinny Murphy in the 1992 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

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[1] McHugh, Michael (23 April 2020). "De La Salle's 'Band of Brothers' recalled on 40th anniversary of All Ireland Colleges victory: The Donegal school of 155 students that made history in 1980 for Ballyshannon". Retrieved 23 April 2020. The DLS team and subs included: Thomas Cleary; Pauric McLoone, Paschal McTernan, Conor Boyle; Thomas Gallagher, Tommy McDermott, Paul Tuohy; Brian Tuohy (Capt.), Matt Gallagher; Martin Williamson, Michael McHugh, Tom McMahon; John Lee, Brian Murray, Pauric Bromley. Subs: PJ Ward for John Lee; Eunan Gallagher, Eunan Doyle, Conor Maguire, Tommy McLoughlin, Declan Gallagher… Indeed, a number of that winning All Ireland team and younger Loch an Iuir success went on to distinguish themselves in the green and gold of Donegal and Ulster. These included Gary Walsh, Matt Gallagher and Brian Murray, who all played vital roles in Donegal's first ever All Ireland senior football final victory against Dublin in 1992.

[heroes_of_92-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Foley, Alan (8 January 2009). "The heroes of '92 — Where are they now?". Donegal Democrat. Archived from the original on 18 December 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2012.

[1990_winners-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b McNulty, Chris (18 July 2015). "Donegal's 1990 Ulster winners will be honoured tomorrow — here is their story". Retrieved 18 July 2015.

[4] "1992 All-Ireland Senior Football Final: Dublin v Donegal". 21 March 2020.

[5] McNulty, Chris (27 January 2018). "Tony Blake backs 'quality' Patton after 'brave' decision to join Donegal panel". Retrieved 27 January 2018.

[6] Walsh, Harry (11 March 2021). "'Old style policing' makes welcome return during crisis". Donegal News. Retrieved 11 March 2021.

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