Biography
Tommy Walsh was born in Tullaroan, County Kilkenny in 1983. He is the eldest of four siblings, John and Tony, both of which are currently members of the Kilkenny U21 Hurling panel, while sister Grace looks to follow the trend of hurling talents in the family as she became the youngest player to win an All Ireland Minor Camoige Title at the age of 16, a team which completed the double by clinching the League title earlier in the year. He was educated at the local national school before later attending St. Kieran's College, a famed hurling nursery in Kilkenny. It was here that Walsh's talent first came to the fore on the hurling field. In 1999 he was a key member of the college hurling team that captured the Leinster title. Walsh later lined out in the All-Ireland final, however, St. Flannan's College of Ennis won the game by 2–15 to 2–10. In 2000 he added a second Leinster colleges' title to his collection as St. Kieran's retained the provincial title. A second consecutive All-Ireland showdown with St. Flannan's soon followed. At the second time of asking St. Kieran's defeated the Clare side by 1–10 to 0–9 and Walsh collected a coveted All-Ireland winners' medal.
Following the completion of his Leaving Certificate, Walsh attended University College Cork (UCC) were he joined the university's hurling team. He enjoyed little success here as UCC lost out to Waterford Institute of Technology in the 2003–04 Fitzgibbon Cup final.
After graduating from UCC Walsh worked as a bank official with Bank of Ireland.
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