'Walsh01'
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Families covered: Walsh (Brenagh) of Castle Hoel, Walsh of Shancahir
| BLGI1912 starts its article on this family as follows: "The first members of this family to settle in Ireland were Philip, David and Geoffrey Walsh, nephews of Rees ap Griffith, Prince of South Wales. They accompanied their uncle Robert FitzStephen who was one of the thirty-three knights who followed the leadership of Richard Strongbow, Earl of Pembroke, in his invasion of Ireland in 1170." It is presumptuous (but seems not unreasonable) that we start with the following Stephen and show one of his sons as married to a sister of Rees ap Griffith. Other possibilities include that the relationship with Rees ap Griffith came through his wife rather than one of his siblings and that Robert FitzStephen was maternal rather than paternal uncle of the 3 brothers who went with him to Ireland. We assume that 'Walsh' simply means 'Welshman' or 'from Wales'. | |||||||||||||||
| Stephen | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Robert FitzStephen (a 1170) | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | ?? FitzStephen | ||||||||||||||
| m. ?? (sister of Rees ap Griffith, Prince of South Wales) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Philip Walsh or Brenagh | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1174) Eleanor de Burgh (dau of Maurice de Burgh) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Hoyle Walsh or Brenagh of Castle Hoel in Kilmagany, co. Kilkenny | ||||||||||||||
| m. Katherine (dau of Griffin FitzWilliam) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Griffin Walsh or Brenagh of Castle Hoel | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | Howell Walsh or Brenagh of Castle Hoel | ||||||||||||||
| (A) | Nicholas Walsh or Brenagh of Castle Hoel | ||||||||||||||
| (i) | Thomas Walsh or Brenagh of Castle Hoel (d c1300) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary (dau of O'Connor Faly) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Geoffrey Walsh or Brenagh of Castle Hoel | ||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Richard Walsh or Brenagh of Castle Hoel (a 1410) | ||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Edmund Walsh or Brenagh of Castle Hoel (d 1476) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joan Butler (dau of _ Butler of Poulickery) | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Robert Walsh or Brenagh of Shaneahir (d 08.12.1501) - continued below | ||||||||||||||
| m. Catherine Power of Donhill | |||||||||||||||
| ((ii)) | daughter probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Nicholas Hore of Harperstown | |||||||||||||||
| B. | David Walsh (a 1170) ancestor of Walsh of Carrickmines | ||||||||||||||
| C. | Geoffrey Walsh (a 1170) | ||||||||||||||
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| Robert Walsh or Brenagh of Shaneahir (d 08.12.1501) - continued above | |||||||||||||||
| m. Catherine Power of Donhill | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Walter Walsh or Brenagh (a 1526) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Katherine Butler (dau of _ Butler of Poulickery) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Edmund Walsh or Brenagh of Castle Hoel & Shancahir (d 1550) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (div) Grany Kavanagh (dau of Garrett Kavanagh of Garahill) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Margaret Fitzgerald (dau of Rowland Fitzgerald of Burnchurch) | |||||||||||||||
| It is not clear which wife was mother of which of Edmund's children. However, BLGI1912 reports that Edmud 'repudiated' (the marriage with) Grany Kavanagh so we presume that it was Margaret who was mother of ... | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Robert Walsh of Castle Hoel (d 10.10.1557) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Helen Tobin (dau of James Tobin of Cumshinagh) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Walter Walsh of The Mountains, baron of Shancahir, Sheriff of co. Kilkenny (d 09.05.1619) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ellice Butler (dau of 1st Viscount Mountgarrett) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Robert Walsh of Ballingowne (dvp 1603) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Eleanor FitzGerald (d 13.02.1611, dau of Sir John FitzEdmund FitzGerald of Cloyne) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Edmond Walsh of Owney had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m1/2. Agnes Walsh (dau of _ Walsh of Pilltown) | |||||||||||||||
| BLGI1912 mentions just one marriage for Edmond but the dates suggest that he was the Sir Edmond Walsh(e) of Owney Abbey identified by TCB (vol 2, Morres of Knockagh) as father of Catherine by ... | |||||||||||||||
| m2/1. Ellis Grace | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Catherine Walsh probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. (by 1601) Sir John Morres, 1st Bart of Knockagh (b c1573, d after 28.01.1647/8) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | James Walsh | ||||||||||||||
| (4) | William Walsh | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Purcell of Ballyfalgas | |||||||||||||||
| (5) | John ('Shawn MacWawithagh') Walsh (b 1580, d 1660, poet) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Magdalen Strange of Waterford | |||||||||||||||
| (6) | Joan Walsh | ||||||||||||||
| m. Philip Devereux (d 21.09.1635, son/heir of Sir James of Ballymagire) | |||||||||||||||
| (7) | Margaret Walsh | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Furlonge of Horestown (d 01.1636) | |||||||||||||||
| (8) | Onor Walsh | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Leonard Colclough | |||||||||||||||
| m2. James Butler of Knocklottie | |||||||||||||||
| (9) | Ellen Walsh | ||||||||||||||
| m. David Grant of Corlody | |||||||||||||||
| (10) | Catherine Walsh | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Wale of Coolinamuckle (d 13.05.1636) | |||||||||||||||
| (11) | Ellen Walsh (2nd of the name?) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (20.04.1614) Thomas Cornerford of Ballinamuck | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Margaret Walsh | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Alexander Redmond of the Hall (d before 1590) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Richard Devereux of Hooke | |||||||||||||||
| c.+ | other issue - Edmund, John | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Oliver Walsh of Ballyteskin | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Philip Walsh of Courthoyle, co. Wexford | ||||||||||||||
| a. | William Walsh | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | Lewis Walsh | ||||||||||||||
| (A) | Patrick Walsh | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Onoria Walsh (d 1568) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Grace of Courtstown | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Eleanor Walsh | ||||||||||||||
| m. Laurence Esmonde of Johnstown | |||||||||||||||
| D.+ | other issue - Robert, Richard | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | James Walsh of Ballincowie | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BLGI1912 (Walsh of Mul Hussey)
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