Gary Walsh (Gaelic footballer)

Gary Walsh is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played as goalkeeper for Aodh Ruadh, Burren and the Donegal county team.

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

He is from Ballyshannon. As of 2009, he lived in Derry and worked as an accountant with Derry City Council.[1]

He played against Armagh in the 1990 Ulster Senior Football Championship final, won by Donegal.[2]

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.[1] 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.[3]

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.[4]

Honours
Donegal
Burren
Individual

References
  1. 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.
  2. McNulty, Chris (18 July 2015). "Donegal's 1990 Ulster winners will be honoured tomorrow — here is their story". Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  3. "1992 All-Ireland Senior Football Final: Dublin v Donegal". 21 March 2020.
  4. McNulty, Chris (27 January 2018). "Tony Blake backs 'quality' Patton after 'brave' decision to join Donegal panel". Retrieved 27 January 2018.
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