Robert Walsh (priest)

Robert Walsh was an Irish Anglican priest^[1] who was the Archdeacon of Dublin from 1909^[2] until his death on 24 February 1917.

Walsh was the eldest son of John Edward Walsh, Master of the Rolls in Ireland and formerly Member of Parliament for Dublin University.^[3] He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1866.^[4] After curacies in Tamlaght Finlagan and Dublin he held incumbencies in Malahide and Donnybrook. He was also a prebendary of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin; chaplain to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland; and an examining chaplain to the Archbishop of Dublin.

References

1. ↑ "Walsh, Ven. Robert", Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014
2. ↑ "Ecclesiastical Intelligence", The Times, London, 8 July 1909; p. 4.
3. ↑ C. L. Falkiner, ‘Walsh, John Edward (1816–1869)’, rev. Sinéad Agnew, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 9 Jan 2015
4. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory, London, Horace Cox, 1908. 1929-30 p. 1489.