About Richard Walsh
Lived 1697 – 1763 (aged 65–66). Richard Walsh was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
Richard Walsh DD (b Gortroe 1697; d Cork 1763) was an Irish Roman Catholic Bishop in the eighteenth century.
Walsh was a compromise candidate for the Bishopric of Cork. The two leading candidates were John O’Brien, Parish Priest of Castlelyons, and James Butler, nephew of the Archbishop of Cashel. He was consecrated on 10 January 1748 and served until his death.
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Roman Catholic bishop
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Richard Walsh was born in 1697.
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Richard Walsh died on 11 April 1763.
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Richard Walsh was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
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· DBpedia: Richard Walsh (bishop)
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