Michael 'Brick' Walsh
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Mícheál Breathnach | ||
| Football Position: | Full Forward | ||
| Hurling Position: | Centre Back | ||
| Born |
23 April 1983 Waterford, Ireland |
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| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Nickname | Brick | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| 2000- | Stradbally | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Football | Hurling | ||
| Waterford titles | 7 | 0 | |
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| 2002-2003 2003- |
Waterford (F) Waterford (H) |
2 (2-0) 47 (1–20) |
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| Inter-county titles | |||
| Football | Hurling | ||
| Munster Titles | 0 | 3 | |
| All-Ireland Titles | 0 | 0 | |
| League titles | 0 | 2 | |
| All-Stars | 0 | 3 | |
Michael "Brick" Walsh (born 23 April 1983) is an Irish hurler who plays for the Waterford senior team. He joined the team in 2003 and has been a regular member of the starting fifteen since then.
Walsh began his inter-county career as a Gaelic footballer with Waterford, however, after two seasons as a dual player he decided to concentrate on hurling. He has won three Munster winners' medals, two National League winners' medals and thee All-Star awards. He ended up as an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion.
At club level Walsh is a seven-time county club championship medalist with the Stradbally senior football team.
Michael Walsh was born in Stradbally, County Waterford in 1983. He acquired the nickname "Brick" in school, and claims it does not refer to size or strength: "It certainly wasn't given to me because I was mightily strong or anything like that. It was a nickname I seemed to pick up in school and for a while people just thought it was a double-barrel family name, but it's after sticking with me now in a big way, and at this stage I just accept it." When playing for Stradbally's underage football and hurling teams, he was generally their best player on the pitch, usually scoring more than the rest of his team combined in each game. He was educated locally and later attended Waterford Institute of Technology where he studied Business and Finance. He completed his MA in 2006. While studying here Walsh's hurling skills came to the fore, particularly when he played a key role in the college winning Fitzgibbon Cup titles in 2003, 2004 and 2006.
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