DEATH OF ARCHBISHOP WALSH, DUBLIN

New Zealand Tablet, 14 April 1921, Page 23

DEATH OF ARCHBISHOP WALSH, DUBLIN

A cable message dated April 8, announces the death pf the Most Rev. William J. Walsh, D.D., Archbishop of Dublin, and Primate; of \ Ireland. ■ „ » Dr. : Walsh was born in Dublin «n January 31, 1841, and jvas: educated at St. Lawrence O’Toole s Seminary, Dublin,, the Catholic University of Ireland, and St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth.' He became President, of Maynooth College in 1881, and had been Archbishop of,Dublin and Primate of Ireland since 1880. .He was , a Commissioner of Education in Ireland from 1891 till 1917. Dr. Walsh was a member of the Consultative Committee on Education, in connection with the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland, and several other important education Commissions-.. He was also a member of the Senate of the National - University of Ireland, and was first Chancellor of the University. He was the author of many publications on religious and educational matters. ■■■■■: — ... ? v ‘