WALSH, WILLIAM JOHN (1841-1921), Roman Catholic divine, was born in Dublin Jan. 3o, 1841. Educated in Dublin and at St. Patrick's college, Maynooth, in 1867 he was appointed professor of dogmatic and moral theology at Maynooth. In 1878 he became vice-president of the college and in 1881 succeeded Dr. Russell as president. Dr. Walsh served on several committees and commissions. He was partly responsible for the appointment of the commission to enquire into the working of the Queen's Colleges, and he became a member of the senate of the university. In 1885 he was summoned to Rome by the Pope and given the appointment of archbishop of Dublin. This office he continued to hold till his death in Dublin, on April 9, 1921. Dr. Walsh was a
commissioner for education in Ireland (1891) and, a member (1908) of the Dublin statutory commission which established the Catholic National University, with himself as chancellor. In politics he was a Nationalist, but he strongly opposed compromise with the British Government, and after the rebellion of 1916 he supported the Sinn Feiners.