Michael 'Ducksy' Walsh
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Michael 'Ducksy' Walsh is an Irish handball
Gaelic handball
Gaelic handball is a sport similar to Basque pelota, racquetball, squash and American handball . It is one of the four Gaelic games organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association...

 player for Kilkenny
Kilkenny GAA
The Kilkenny 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 Kilkenny. The county board has its head office and main grounds at Nowlan Park and is also responsible for Kilkenny inter-county teams...

, considered by many as the greatest player to play singles handball. He contested the 2007 M Donnelly 60 x 30 Singles
Gaelic Senior Softball Singles
The All-Ireland Senior Softball Singles title is an all-Ireland Gaelic Athletic Association competition between all 32 counties of Ireland which first commenced in 1925. The first senior hardball singles title was won by M. Joyce of Dublin, a player from Urlingford, County Kilkenny...

 Handball final against Eoin Kennedy
Eoin Kennedy
Eoin Kennedy is an Irish handball player from County Dublin, in the Republic of Ireland.'Eoin Kennedy is currently an engineer and former lecturer at NUI Maynooth. He is the holder of 14 Senior handball titles. He also has won 3 Irish Nationals Open Singles and a Collegiate title representing DCU...

 of Dublin
Dublin GAA
Dublin County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association , or Dublin GAA, is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Dublin. The county board is also responsible for the Dublin inter-county teams...

. Michael won all of the Senior Softball Singles title between 1985-97. He won again in 1999, 2000 and 2001. He also won 10 All Ireland Softball Doubles with fellow Kilkennyman Eugene Downey.
Honours
16 All-Ireland 60x30 Senior Singles titles
7 All-Ireland 40x20 Senior Singles titles
10 All-Ireland 60x30 Senior Doubles titles
5 All- Ireland 40x20 Senior Doubles Titles
1 Waterford National Crystal Singles
7 Handballer of the year awards
Numerous underage All-Ireland, USA and world titles etc.
Holds record thirteen successive Senior Softball Singles titles 1985-1997.
Holds record thirty-eight All-Ireland Senior medals.
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