Michael "Brick" Walsh (born 23 April 1983) is an Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer who plays for Waterford Championship club Stradbally.
On 6 March 2004, he was at midfield when the Waterford Institute of Technology defeated University College Cork by 0-11 to 0-09 to retain the Fitzgibbon Cup.
[3] On 4 March 2006, Walsh was again at midfield when the Waterford Institute of Technology faced University College Dublin in the Fitzgibbon Cup final.
On 7 October 2001, Walsh was at full-forward when Stradbally drew 0-04 apiece with Rathgormack in the final of the Waterford Championship.
On 27 October 2002, Walsh scored 1-01 from full-forward when Stradbally drew 3-08 to 2-11 with the Nire in final of the Waterford Championship.
He lined out in the same position for the replay a week later and, in spite of being held scoreless, collected a second successive winners' medal after a 0-12 to 0-10 victory.
On 11 November, he won an eighth championship medal when he guided the club to a 1-08 to 0-10 defeat of the Nire in the final replay.
He made his first appearance as a Gaelic footballer on 11 April 2000 when he lined out at midfield in Waterford's 0-11 to 0-03 defeat by Clare in the Munster Championship.
On 10 July 2002, he made his first appearance for the Waterford under-21 hurling team in a 2-14 to 1-11 defeat by Tipperary in the Munster Championship.
On 3 September 2003, Walsh was at midfield for the Waterford under-21 football team that faced Kerry in the Munster Championship final.
[16] On 23 February 2003, Walsh made his first appearance for the Waterford senior hurling team when he lined out at midfield in a 4-11 to 0-12 defeat by Kilkenny in the National League.
[18] on 29 June, Walsh was introduced as a 67th-minute substitute for Eoin McGrath in Waterford's 3-16 to 3-12 Munster Championship final defeat by Cork.
[20] On 27 June, Walsh won a Munster Championship medal after Waterford's 3-16 to 1-21 defeat of Cork in the final.
On 29 April, he captained the team to a first National Hurling League title in 43 years after a 0-20 to 0-18 defeat of Kilkenny in the final.
On 11 July 2010, Walsh lined out at centre-back when Waterford drew 2-15 apiece with Cork in the Munster Championship final.
[34] On 12 July 2015, Walsh was at right wing-forward when Waterford were beaten for the fourth time in six seasons by Tipperary in the 2015 Munster Championship final.
[41] Walsh 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.