Gary Walsh is an

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Gaelic football Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kic ...

coach and former

goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...

for Aodh Ruadh, Burren and the Donegal county team. He is from

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. He received his

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at De La Salle College Ballyshannon. As of 2009, he lived in

Derry Derry, officially Londonderry (), is the second-largest city in Northern Ireland and the fifth-largest city on the island of Ireland. The name ''Derry'' is an anglicisation of the Old Irish name (modern Irish: ) meaning 'oak grove'. The ...

and worked as an accountant with

Derry City Council Derry City Council ( ga, Comhairle Cathrach Dhoire; Ulster-Scots: ''Derry Cittie Cooncil'') was the local government authority for the city of Derry in Northern Ireland. It merged with Strabane District Council in April 2015 under local govern ...

. He played against

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in the 1990

Ulster Senior Football Championship The Ulster Senior Football Championship is an inter-county competition for Gaelic football teams in the province of Ulster. It is organised by the Ulster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) and begins in early May. The final is usu ...

final, won by Donegal. He played for his county from 1984 to 1996 and was a member of its

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All-Ireland SFC winning team. He conceded only 3 goals in 6 matches of the 1992 championship. He won an All Star Award. He won two

Down Senior Football Championship The Down Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by top-tier Down GAA clubs. The Down County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association has organised it since 1903. Kilcoo are the title holders (2022) def ...

s 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. After retiring, he assisted

Brian McEniff Brian McEniff (born 1 December 1942) is a former Gaelic football manager, administrator and player. McEniff played as a wing-back for the St Joseph's combination of clubs from Bundoran and Ballyshannon. He won seven Donegal Senior Football C ...

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. His brother Eunan is a coach with

St Eunan's GAA St Eunans GAA ( ; or ''Naomh Adhamhnáin'') is a dual club which plays hurling and Gaelic football. Their home ground is O'Donnell Park in Letterkenny. They field 35 teams, making them the biggest club in their county. One of the strongholds ...

and a Garda who, as of 2021, was Sergeant in Charge of

Letterkenny Letterkenny ( ga, Leitir Ceanainn , meaning 'hillside of the O'Cannons'), nicknamed 'the Cathedral Town', is the largest and most populous town in County Donegal, a county in Ulster, the northern province in Ireland. Letterkenny lies on the R ...

Garda Station, a town in which he spent much of his career in policing.

Honours

;Donegal *

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC) ( ga, Craobh Shinsir Peile na hÉireann) is the premier competition in Gaelic football. An annual tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), it is contested by the county ...

: 1990, 1992 ;Burren *

: 1996, 1997 ;Individual * All Star: 1992

References

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 The 1992 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the deciding match of the 1992 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland. The 105th All-Ireland SFC final, the e ...

Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Aodh Ruadh Gaelic footballers Burren Gaelic footballers Donegal inter-county Gaelic footballers Gaelic football goalkeepers Gaelic football goalkeeping coaches Irish accountants People educated at De La Salle College Ballyshannon People from Ballyshannon Winners of one All-Ireland medal (Gaelic football) {{Donegal-gaelic-football-bio-stub