Fintan Walsh was
Gaelic football
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player from
County Laois
County Laois ( ; gle, Contae Laoise) is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and in the province of Leinster. It was known as Queen's County from 1556 to 1922. The modern county takes its name from Loígis, a medie ...
in
Ireland
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.
He played for many years on the
Laois
County Laois ( ; gle, Contae Laoise) is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and in the province of Leinster. It was known as Queen's County from 1556 to 1922. The modern county takes its name from Loígis, a medie ...
senior football team in the forwards and was widely regarded as one of the outstanding players in Ireland of the 1950s and early 1960s.
He was a successful college player winning
Hogan Cup
The Hogan Cup ( ga, Corn Uí Ógáin), also known as the All-Ireland Post Primary Schools Senior A Football Championship, is the top level Gaelic football championship for secondary schools (sometimes referred to as colleges) in Ireland. The com ...
medals with
Knockbeg College
St Mary's Knockbeg College ( ga, Coláiste Muire Cnoc Beag) is a Roman Catholic, all-boys secondary school located on the Laois/Carlow border in Ireland, approximately 3 km from both Carlow town and Graiguecullen, Co. Laois. A former sem ...
in 1954 and 1955.
in 1956, Fintan won championship medals in two different counties. He assisted his home club
Ballylinan
Ballylinan or Ballylynan () is a small town in County Laois, about from the border with County Kildare in Ireland. The name means "Lynan's town", though exactly who Lynan was is now forgotten.
Transport
A 12-mile railway line linking Ballylina ...
to victory in the
Laois Junior Football Championship
County Laois ( ; gle, Contae Laoise) is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and in the province of Leinster. It was known as Queen's County from 1556 to 1922. The modern county takes its name from Loígis, a medi ...
while also helping Erins Hope win the
Dublin Senior Football Championship
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He also played for his province Leinster winning
Railway Cup
The GAA Interprovincial Championship ( ga, An Corn Idir-Chúigeach) or Railway Cup (''Corn an Iarnróid'') is the name of two annual Gaelic football and hurling competitions held between the provinces of Ireland. The Connacht, Leinster, Munster ...
medals in 1959 and 1961.
In 1999, he was selected at left half forward on the Laois football team of the century.
References
External links
They came far and wide to recall the golden yearsErin's Hopes 1956 Team Reunion
2023 deaths
Year of birth missing
Laois inter-county Gaelic footballers
Ballylinan Gaelic footballers
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