The walsh Surname
walsh Name Meaning and History
Irish: Anglicized form (translation) of Breathnach ‘Briton’. It was used in particular to denote the
Welshmen who arrived in Ireland in the wake of Strongbow’s
Anglo-Norman invasion of 1170.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Sylvester Weir from Bellmont, Il |
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| william walsh married mary crompton |
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| Walsh/Minihane/Connolly/McCarthy, Co. Cork, Skibbereen/Skeagh |
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