Barry John Walsh plays Gaelic football

Gaelic football

Gaelic football , commonly referred to as "football" or "Gaelic", or "Gah" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland...

 at club level for Kerins O'Rahillys and at inter-county level with the Kerry senior footballers. He is son of former Kerry footballer Seán Walsh

Seán Walsh

Seán Walsh was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and company official. He was an unsuccessful candidate at the 1961, 1965 and 1969 general elections...

 and brother of former Kerry footballer Tommy Walsh

Tommy Walsh

Tommy Walsh is an English celebrity builder. His parents were Irish, his father from Kilkenny and his mother from Sligo. He attended Parmiter's School, then in Bethnal Green....

 who now plays Australian football for St. Kilda.

Underage career

Walsh was a talented underage player in both football and soccer. He played international soccer for the u15 Irish soccer team and minor football for Kerry. The Kingdom wrote of his "sublime skills" during this period.

Senior career

Barry John made his senior debut for the Kerry senior football team in 2009 as a substitute. He won the All-Ireland football final

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the premier competition in Gaelic football, is a series of games organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association and played during the summer and early autumn...

with Kerry in 2009.

He has been mentioned as a potential "star". Tadhg Kennelly spoke of the Kerry team and Walsh's membership on it, saying:

"There are players there guaranteed to play for the next four or five years. It's not a team on its last legs. I've no doubt this team will be around for a long time. I think it's just the way we are able to produce footballers in Kerry. The way we're able to keep it going. Barry John Walsh, David Moran, Tommy (Walsh) is only 20. And that's exciting. For me, on a personal level, I'm thinking, 'this is great, this team is going to be around for some time'."

Walsh was not selected in Kerry's initial 2010 championship panel, although Kerry manager Jack O'Connor left open the possibility of bringing him in at a later stage.