Obituary Dr. P.S. Walsh K.C.
OBITUARY
DR. J.S. WALSH, K.C.*The death has occurred at Massinass, Creeslough, of Dr. P. S. Walsh, K.C., formerly President of the District Court of Cyprus, and Chief Justice of the Seychelles. Dr. Walsh, who was formerly a professor on the staff of St. Columb's College, Derry, was a prominent member of the Irish bar, and was senior counsel in the famous appeal brought by Niall MacGiolla Bhrighde, of Feymore, Creeslough, against a fine imposed at Dunfanaghy for having his name on his cart in Irish. (Mac Giolla Bhrighde himself died a few months ago.) In the appeal P. H. Pearse was Dr. Walsh's junior. The appeal was lost. During the 1914-18 Great War Mr. Walsh acted on Government Tribunals, and at the close of the war sat as Official Referee on Pensions Boards. A noted scholar, the late Dr. Walsh was a gifted linguist, and could speak fluently in French, German, Italian and Spanish, as well as Irish.
Source: Irish Times, Wednesday, May 19th, 1943.
*The headline refers to Dr. J.S. Walsh. The headstone in Doe Graveyard shows "Dr. P.S. Walsh KC"; the 1911 Census has his name as Patrick Stanislaus Walsh residing together with his wife Mary Afric and some of his children at his sister-in-law Rose Harkin's house at Massinass, Creeslough. He was also patrick in the 1901 Census (residing in Fahan, Co. Donegal) and 1926 (residing with Mary Afric and Hubert in Harcourt Street, Dublin)
He died on 16th May, 1943
Transcribed: 20/03/2008. Updated 22/09/2026.