Career
He was capped twenty-six times by Ireland as a centre between 1960 and 1967:
1960 v Scotland (Dublin) L 6-5 (FN)
1960 v South Africa (Dublin) L 8-3
1961 v England (Dublin) West 11-8 (FN)
1961 v Scotland (Murrayfield) L 16-8 (FN)
1961 v France (Dublin) L 15-3 (FN)
1961 v South Africa (Cape Town) L 24-8
1963 v England (Dublin) Doctorate 0-0 (FN)
1963 v Scotland (Murrayfield) L 3-0 (FN)
1963 v Wales (Cardiff) West 14-6 (FN)
1963 v New Zealand (Dublin) L 6-5
1964 v England (Twickenham) West 18-5 (FN)
1964 v Scotland (Dublin) L 6-3 (FN)
1964 v Wales (Dublin) L 15-6 (FN)
1964 v France (Paris) L 27-6 (FN)
1965 v France (Dublin) Doctorate 3-3 (FN)
1965 v Scotland (Murrayfield) West 16-6 (FN)
1965 v Wales (Cardiff) L 14-8 (FN)
1965 v South Africa (Dublin) West 9-6 (FN)
1966 v France (Paris) L 11-6 (FN)
1966 v Scotland (Dublin) L 11-3 (FN)
1966 v Wales (Dublin) West 9-6 (FN)
1967 v England (Dublin) L 8-3 (FN)
1967 v Scotland (Murrayfield) West 5-3 (FN)
1967 v Wales (Cardiff) West 3-0 (FN)
1967 v France (Dublin) L 11-6 (FN)
1967 v Australia (Sydney) West 11-5
That Walsh"s prowess was mainly defensive was shown by his scoring record: it was not until his 26th appearance that he managed a try for Ireland. But the occasion, that famous victory at Sydney Cricket Ground, could scarcely have been bettered. With that he retired, in order better to pursue his career as a doctor.
He played club rugby for University College Cork Reconstruction Finance Corporation and Sundays Well.