powders by the lead cylinder method, the various effects of nitro compounds, and the strain on the barrels of small bores. His comments on proof powder in the ‘Field,’ when he stated that the powder used in testing gun-barrels was fifty per cent. below the proof required, led to an action, the Birmingham Proof-house Guardians v. Walsh, in which, on technical grounds, a verdict was given against him of forty shillings damages (Times, 3 July, 10 Aug. 1885). As soon as the trial was over he approached the guardians with proposals for providing security for sportsmen, and ultimately succeeded in obtaining some useful changes.
Walsh was one of the founders of the National Coursing Club and of the All England Lawn Tennis Club. He had a good deal to do with the early dog shows and field trials, and was on the committee of the Kennel Club. He was a good chess player, and on the managing committees of several clubs.
He died at 43 Montserrat Road, Putney, Surrey, on 12 Feb. 1888, and was buried on 16 Feb. in the old cemetery at Putney Common. He married, first, in August 1833, Margaret, daughter of Thomas Stevenson of Claines, Worcestershire, who died nine months later; secondly, in 1835, Susan Emily, daughter of Dr. Malden of Worcester, who died eight months later; and, thirdly, in 1852 Louisa, eldest daughter of the Rev. William Parker, who survived her husband. He left two daughters.
In addition to the books already mentioned he wrote:
- ‘The Economical Housewife, being Practical Advice for Brewing … to which are added Directions for the Management of the Dairy,’ 1857.
- ‘A Manual of Domestic Economy suited to Families spending from 100l. to 1,000l. a year,’ 1857, 4th edit. 1890.
- ‘A Manual of Domestic Medicine and Surgery,’ 1858.
- ‘Riding and Driving,’ 1863.
- ‘Pedestrianism, Health and General Training,’ 1866.
- ‘The Modern Sportsman's Gun and Rifle, including Game and Wild Fowl Guns, Sporting and Match Rifles and Revolvers,’ 1882–4, 2 vols.
- ‘A Table of Calculations for use with the Field Force Gauge for Testing Shot Guns,’ 1882.
He edited ‘The English Cookery Book, containing many unpublished receipts in daily use by Private Families, collected by a Committee of Ladies,’ 1858; the second edition was entitled ‘The British Cookery Book,’ 1883. With William Harcourt Ranking he edited ‘The Provincial Medical and Surgical Journal,’ 1849–52; with John George Wood ‘Archery, Fencing, and Broadsword,’ 1863, and ‘Athletic Sports and Manly Exercises,’ 1864.
[Times, 14 Feb. 1888, p. 10; In Memoriam J. H. Walsh, 1888; Field 18 Feb. 1888, pp. 205–6; London Figaro, 18 Feb. 1888, p. 12, with portrait; information from the editor of the Field and from Miss Clara L. Walsh, 6 St. John's Road, Putney Hill.]
WALSH, NICHOLAS (d. 1585), bishop of Ossory, born at Waterford, was son of Patrick Walsh, bishop of Waterford and Lismore in 1551, who died in 1578 (Cotton, Fasti, i. 123, 138; Wood, Athenæ Oxon. ii. 815; Foster, Alumni Oxon. 1500–1714). He studied at Paris, Oxford, and Cambridge, and in 1562–3 he was granted his B.A. by the senate at Cambridge on the ground of having kept twelve terms at these universities. He commenced M.A. in 1567, and in 1571 was chancellor of St. Patrick's, Dublin, and in 1573 began to translate the New Testament into Irish with John Kearney [q. v.] The edition was published in 1603. In February 1577 Walsh was consecrated bishop of Ossory, but continued his translation with Fearganainm O'Domhnallain of Catharine Hall. On 14 Dec. 1585 Walsh was stabbed with a skeine by James Dallard, whom he had cited for adultery. Dallard was hanged, and his victim buried in St. Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny, where his tomb, bearing an interlaced cross and an inscription, is still to be seen.
[Ware's Commentary of the Prelates of Ireland, Dublin, 1704; Anderson's Historical Sketches of the Native Irish, Edinburgh, 1830; Graves and Prim's Hist. of the Cathedral of St. Canice, Dublin, 1857; Cooper's Athenæ Cantabr. i. 515–16, and authorities there cited.]
WALSH, PETER (1618?–1688), Irish Franciscan, whose name is latinised as Valesius, was born about 1618 at Mooretown, co. Kildare. His father is nowhere mentioned, but the Mooretown family were among the ‘principal men’ of the county (Description of Ireland in 1598, ed. Hogan, p. 48). His mother was perhaps a protestant (Contemp. Hist. of Affairs, i. 238). Walsh was educated at Louvain, where he was on friendly terms with Cornelius Janssen [q. v.] He became a Franciscan and reader in divinity there, but returned to Ireland, to the convent of Kilkenny, in 1646. From the first he joined the party opposed to the nuncio Giovanni Battista Rinuccini [q. v.] He was one of the theologians who met at Waterford ‘to examine the concessions and conditions granted by the Marquis of Ormonde for the security of the catholic church and religion,’ but was evidently no party to the professedly unanimous decree of 12 Aug., which declared perjured all who adhered to the peace with
