Donnchadh Walsh is an Irish Gaelic football

Gaelic football

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

er. He plays his football with the Cromane

Cromane GAA

Cromane is a Gaelic Athletic Association club from the village of Cromane, 8 miles west of Killorglin in County Kerry, Ireland.-Kerry Novice Football Championship:...

 club, the Mid Kerry divisional side and the Kerry

Kerry GAA

The Kerry County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Kerry...

 county panel.

Football career

Walsh is a midfielder and forward. He was described as a 'star' and a 'teen sensation' for Kerry in the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

The All-Ireland Minor Football Championship is the premier "knockout" competition for under-18 competitors of the game of Gaelic football played in Ireland...

. He won the Munster Minor Football Championship

Munster Minor Football Championship

The Munster Minor Football Championship is the Minor "knockout" competition in the game of Gaelic football played in the province of Munster in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Munster Council. The current Munster Minor football champions are Tipperary. Clare won the inaugural...

 with Kerry in 2001 and 2002.

He was first selected for the senior squad in 2003. Despite his status as a highly promising player, Walsh did not make the breakthrough to All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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...

 football with Kerry until 2008. However, he was being tipped to do following an excellent 2007 season in the Kerry Senior Football Championship with Mid Kerry. He was also given his chance in the National Football League 2008

National Football League (Ireland) 2008

The 2008 National Football League was the Gaelic football league contested by 33 GAA counties' football teams, 32 from Ireland and one from England.-Format:...

. His first Munster Senior Football Championship

Munster Senior Football Championship

The Munster Senior Football Championship is the premier "knockout" competition in the game of football played in the province of Munster in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Munster Council and are played during the summer months...

game came in the final of July 2008. Walsh started and scored 1-1, but Cork defeated Kerry with a second-half comeback.