The work of Samuel Walsh has been written about or illustrated in the following publications:

1989, Aidan Dunne, 'The Arena Paintings 1987-1989', (catalogue) essay accompanying a one-person show, Limerick City Gallery of Art.

1990, 'A New Tradition: Irish Art of the Eighties', Aidan Dunne, Modernism & Abstraction, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin.

1991, Brian MacAvera, 'Parable Island', Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool, ENGLAND.

1997, Dorothy Walker, 'Modern Art in Ireland', The Lilliput Press, Dublin.

2000, Caoimhín Mac Giolla Léith, 'Drawings 1982-2000', (catalogue) essay accompanying a one-person show, University College Cork.

2003, Mark Ewart, 'Ambit', (catalogue) essay accompanying a one-person show, Limerick City Gallery of Art.

2004, 'In the time of shaking', Irish Museum of Modern Art, Amnesty Ireland.

2006, Róisín Kennedy, 'National Self-Portrait Collection Vol 2', University of Limerick.

2006, 'Art in State Buildings 1995-2005', Office of Public Works.

2007, John Daly, 'I paint, therefore I am',  Selected Work (catalogue), Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin.

2007, Irish Arts Review, Winter edition, Vol 24, No 4, 'The Boundaries of Abstraction', interview with Brian McAvera.

2007, John Hayes, 'The Divine Comedy', (catalogue), essay, also with introduction to the exhibition by Samuel Walsh, Limerick City Gallery of Art.

2009, 'Aosdána', documentary film, Directed by Fintan Connolly, Fubar Film.

2010, Robert O'Byrne, 'Dictionary of Living Irish Artists', Plurabelle Publishing Ltd., Dublin.