See Dublin Name William Walsh Consecration August 2, 1885 Birth name William Joseph Walsh Predecessor Edward MacCabe | Term ended 1921 Successor Edward Joseph Byrne Installed 1885 Role Archbishop of Dublin Ordination May 22, 1866 | |
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Other posts Chancellor of the National University of Ireland Buried Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin, Ireland Died April 9, 1921, Dublin, Republic of Ireland Place of burial Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin, Republic of Ireland | ||
William Joseph Walsh (30 January 1841 – 9 April 1921) served as the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin from 3 July 1885 until his death in 1921. He was born at 11 Essex Quay in Dublin. He was educated at St. Laurence O’Toole Seminary School, Harcourt St, Dublin, the Catholic University of Ireland and St. Patrick's College, Maynooth where he became Professor of Theology in 1867. He was appointed vice-president of Maynooth in 1878 and president in 1880 until he was appointed Archbishop of Dublin.
He was sympathetic to Irish nationalism and advocated Home Rule and agrarian land reform.
Walsh served on the Senate of the Royal University of Ireland (1883–4) and as part of the Commission of National Education (1885–1901).
He was appointed Chancellor of the newly founded National University of Ireland in 1908, a position he held until he died when he was succeeded by Éamon de Valera.