Former Waterford hurler and footballer, 80, graduates from UCC with PhD

Tom 'Doc' Walsh came up against GAA legends like Christy Ring, Eddie Kerr and Mick O'Dwyer in his playing days. 

The publication ‘The European Union Customs Code’, which Mr Walsh wrote in 1996, actually formed part of the doctorate UCC course on which he studied. File Picture: Dan Linehan

An 80-year old PhD student from Waterford was among the 1,000 people who graduated virtually from University College Cork UCC this week.

Tom 'Doc' Walsh - a former inter-county dual star for Waterford - has a long association with the UCC school of Law, having graduated from there with a Master of Laws (LLM) in 1984.