Tommy Walsh (Tullaroan hurler), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Irish hurler, born 1983
Date of Birth: 27-May-1983
Place of Birth: Tullaroan, Leinster, Ireland
Profession: hurler
Nationality: Ireland
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
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About Tommy Walsh (Tullaroan hurler)
- Thomas "Tommy" Walsh (born 27 May 1983) is an Irish hurler who played as a right wing-back for the Kilkenny senior team. Born in Tullaroan, County Kilkenny, Walsh first played competitive hurling during his schooling at St.
- Kieran's College.
- He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Kilkenny minor team, before later joining the under-21 side.
- He joined the senior panel during the 2002 championship.
- Walsh became a regular member of the starting fifteen the following year, and won nine All-Ireland medals (two as a non-playing substitute), ten Leinster medals and seven National League medals.
- He was an All-Ireland runner-up on two occasions. At international level Walsh has played for the composite rules shinty-hurling team, captaining his country to the title in 2009.
- As a member of the Leinster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions (17 games), he won five Railway Cup medals.
- At club level Walsh continues to play with Tullaroan.Walsh's grandfather, Paddy Grace, as well as his brother, Pádraig, have also enjoyed All-Ireland success with Kilkenny.
- His sister, Grace, is a key member of the Kilkenny senior camogie team.Throughout his career Walsh made 56 championship appearances.
- He announced his retirement from inter-county hurling on 20 November 2014.Walsh is one of the most successful players of all-time.
- During his playing days he won nine consecutive All-Star awards, while he was later chosen as one of the 125 greatest hurlers of all-time in a 2009 poll.
- That same year Walsh made a clean sweep of all the top individual awards, winning the All-Star, Texaco and GPA Hurler of the Year awards, while he was chosen on the Leinster team of the past twenty-five years.
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