File CAR/1/7 - Archbishops William Walsh Letters - Re: Carmelite Tertiaries

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IE/ROS/CAR/CAR/1/CAR/1/7

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Archbishops William Walsh Letters - Re: Carmelite Tertiaries

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  • 1886-08-06 - 1890-02-26 (Creation)

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(30 January 1841-9 April 1921)

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William Joseph Walsh was born at 11 Essex Quay in Dublin on 30 January 1841. He was the only child of Ralph Walsh, a watchmaker from County Kerry, and Mary Pierce of Galway. He was educated at St. Laurence O’Toole Seminary School in Dublin before attending Newman’s Catholic University. He then went to study at St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth, in 1858. Excelling at Canon Law, Hebrew, and Divinity, he completed his Ordinary Degree in 1864 followed by a combined three years of post-graduate study and lecturing in the Theology Faculty. He was ordained to the priesthood on 22 May 1866. The following year, at the age of twenty-six, Walsh was appointed Professor of Dogmatic and Moral Theology at Maynooth. He served as Vice President of the College from 1878 and was made President in 1880. On the death of Cardinal Edward McCabe (1816-1885), Walsh was appointed Archbishop of Dublin. He was appointed to the See of Dublin on 3 July 1885. This was hailed as a triumph by Irish Nationalists as Walsh’s sympathies were well known. For the next quarter of a century, Walsh was one of the dominant personalities in the Irish Catholic Church and played a key role in both pastoral and public affairs. His motto was ‘Fide et Labore’. He died on 9 April 1921 and is buried in Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin.

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William J. Walsh

This file contains two letters from the Archbishop of Dublin William J. Walsh referring to a document relating to the institution at Drumcondra turning up at the Archbishop’s residence and also discusses the visit of two Carmelite Brothers to Sydney. He also mentions the case of a blind man who wishes to be admitted to the institution.

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