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Walsh served on the Senate of the Royal University of Ireland (1883–4) and as part of the Commission of National Education (1885–1901). [ 5 ] He was appointed Chancellor of the newly founded National University of Ireland in 1908, a position he held until he died, after which he was succeeded by Éamon de Valera .
Walsh raised $2 million in 25 days to build Immaculate Conception Seminary in 1936, and encouraged Seton Hall Preparatory School and Seton Hall College to receive state accreditation. [11] Upon the elevation of the Diocese of Newark to the rank of archdiocese by Pope Pius XI, Walsh was appointed its first archbishop on December 10, 1937. [2]
Walsh was born in Glenbeha, Roscrea, County Tipperary on 16 January 1935, the youngest of six children to William and Ellen Walsh. He attended primary school in Corville National School and Roscrea Boys National School and secondary school as a boarder in St Flannan's College, where he sat his Leaving Certificate in 1952. [1] [2] [3]
In August 1889 Bishop Walsh was appointed Archbishop of Toronto, and installed on 27 Nov 1889. During his tenure he established the Sacred Heart Orphanage at Sunnyside, and St. John's Industrial School for Boys, [4] and purchased land for the establishment of Mount Hope Catholic Cemetery, as St. Michael's was near capacity. [5]
Archbishop Walsh was established in 1958 and is the only Catholic high school in Western New York south of Cattaraugus Creek. [1] Constructed at the height of the Cold War, the building's foundation included a fall out shelter for students and faculty in the event nuclear war found its way to the Enchanted Mountains.
Following the death of Archbishop Walsh, O'Connor was once again called to succeed him and was appointed the third Archbishop of Toronto on 7 January 1899. [5] He was the first Canadian-born Archbishop of Toronto and the first Canadian-born head of the diocese since Michael Power , who served as bishop from 1841 to 1847.
He completed a M.Sc. in Mathematics at Christ's College, Cambridge, since St Edmund's was at the time unable to matriculate students of its own. He obtained another M.Sc. in 1962, from Queen's University, for a thesis on group characters. Walsh was assigned as a mathematics teacher at St MacNissi's College, Garron Tower from 1958 to 1964. He ...
The following year, he received his Licentiate in Sacred Theology from Weston College. [3] In 1942, Walsh became the first principal of the newly established Fairfield College Preparatory School. The following year, he became an instructor at Boston College. [2] In 1948, Walsh received his Doctorate of Philosophy in biology from Fordham ...