In 1913 Kilkenny were attempting to make history by capturing their third championship in-a-row and Walsh was appointed captain for the third time. He later went on to win his seventh Leinster medal in ten years following a 7-5 to 2-1 victory in a replay against Dublin. The subsequent All-Ireland final on 2 November 1913 saw Kilkenny square up to Tipperary for the second time in five years in the first fifteen-a-side All-Ireland decider. Kilkenny led by 1-4 to 1-1 at half-time and eventually hung on to win on a score line of 2-4 to 1-2. This victory gave Walsh a record-breaking seventh All-Ireland medal, a record that he shared with fellow Kilkenny players Sim Walton, Jack Rochford and Dick Doyle. Following the victory Walsh accepted the Great Southern and Western Railway company trophy – the first All-Ireland trophy to be presented to a victorious team captain. As well as that Walsh made history on that day by becoming the first player to captain both fifteen-a-side and seventeen-a-side teams to All-Ireland victories, as well as becoming the second person to captain a team to three championships.