Biography
Sim Walton was born in Reimeen, Tullaroan, County Kilkenny in 1880. He grew up on the family farm and was educated at the local national school. Walton inherited a love of hurling from his father, John Walton, who won a senior county championship title with Tullaroan in 1887. He later followed in his father’s footsteps and became renowned as an excellent centre-forward and full-forward.
As well as hurling Walton also had a very keen interest in greyhound racing. He kept many championship greyhounds, the most famous of the all, Captain Sim, ran in the Waterloo Cup.
Sim Walton died in 1966. Over thirty years after his death he was chosen in the full-forward position on the Tullaroan Hurling Team of the Century. Walton's grand-nephew, Liam Doyle, won All-Ireland medals with Clare in 1995 and 1997.
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