Kevin Walsh (Gaelic footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Caoimhín Breathnach | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Midfield | ||
| Born | 1969 (age 47–48) Galway, Ireland |
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| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| 1986-2004, 2014 | Killannin | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Galway titles | 1 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
| 1988-2004 | Galway | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Connacht titles | 5 | ||
| All-Irelands | 2 | ||
| NFL | 0 | ||
| All Stars | 3 | ||
Kevin Walsh (born 1969 in Galway) is a former Irish Gaelic footballer and current manager of the Galway footballers. He won three All Stars and two All-Ireland Senior Football Championships in his inter-county career with Galway. He also served as manager to the Sligo senior football team from 2008 to 2013.
An effective midfielder, Walsh enjoyed a great playing career at club level with Killannin winning intermediate county titles in 1991 and 2014 against near neighbours moycullen at 45 years of age and at inter-county level with Galway. He was a key member of the latter team during the late 1990s and early 2000s and collected two All-Ireland titles and four Connacht titles during that time.
Upon retirement from inter-county play, Walsh became involved in coaching. He had been in charge of the Aran Islands junior footballers in 2008.
He was a selector with the Connacht inter-provincial team for a number of seasons.
Walsh volunteered to manage the Sligo senior football team, and was appointed in November 2008.
He led Sligo from Division 4 to Division 2 of the National Football League in his first two years in charge winning the Division 4 and 3 titles in the process. He also led Sligo to the Connacht Junior Football Championship and All-Ireland Junior Football Championship in 2010. In 2011, he led Sligo to a second Connacht Junior Football Championship.
In 2013, Walsh fell out with Eamonn O'Hara after O'Hara launched a stinging tirade at his former manager on national television and told him to resign. The incident occurred following Sligo's first round elimination from the Connacht Championship at the hands of London. O'Hara gave his inside view of the chaos affecting the county as Pat Spillane peered down his nose over O'Hara's right shoulder, baffled at the news that a county like Sligo could be in an even worse state than Kerry.
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