| Code: | Hurling |
| Sport: | Hurling |
| Jim "Link" Walsh | |
| Irish: | Séamus Breathnach |
| Fullname: | James Walsh |
| Feet: | 6 |
| Inches: | 0 |
| Nickname: | Link |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| County: | Kilkenny |
| Province: | Leinster |
| Club: | John Locke's Dunnamaggin Near South |
| Clposition: | Full-back |
| Clcounty: | 0 |
| Counties: | Kilkenny |
| Icposition: | Full-back |
| Icyears: | 1957-1963 |
| Icprovince: | 3 |
| Icallireland: | 1 |
| Nhl: | 1 |
| Birth Date: | 1933 8, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Dunnamaggin, County Kilkenny, Ireland |
| Death Place: | St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny, Ireland |
James Walsh (15 August 1933 – 31 July 1995) was an Irish hurler. At club level he played with Dunnamaggin, John Locke's and a Near South selection and was an All-Ireland Championship winner with the Kilkenny senior hurling team.
Walsh first came to prominence at inter-county level during a two-year stint with the Kilkenny minor team. He was a sub on the 1950 side that beat Tipperary in the All-Ireland final, and he was on the 1951 team that fell to Galway. Later, in 1956, he sampled All-Ireland success at junior level, with his brother Tom lining out alongside him at corner-back.[1] The pair assumed the same positions for the Kilkenny senior team in 1957. Walsh went on to win his only senior All-Ireland title that year after beating Waterford in the final.[2] His other honours at senior level include three Leinster Championships and a National Hurling League title. Walsh's grandnephew, Brian Hogan, was Kilkenny's All-Ireland-winning captain in 2011.[3]
Walsh, who remained unmarried throughout his life, worked as a farmer with his brother Pat in Dunnamaggin. He died on 31 July 1995 after suffering a massive seizure while working on his farm.