The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1889-08-24

Father Walsh spent eight years of hi
clerical life as curatein GlenmOre, On'
in Mullinavatt, nine in Killmacow, an(
two IN Ballycallan, from which latter
place he was transferred as pariss
priest to Aughaviller on the remova
of that parish to Clare of the Rev
Father Ryan. This was in the veal
1852 Here in his native parish he ad
ministered to the spiritual wants OF bis
dear people, ''loving and beloved,
until his sad death on Monday, 9Th OF
July.
Rev. Father Walsh was in stature
over six feet, of commanding presence
and stately department., with a caste OF
countenance in striking resem Dlance to
the portraits we see OF Grattan. His
attire was simple almost to homellness.
His head in latter years was stopped
forward as is usual with people OF
| thoughtful minds. and there was that
| in his eye which said clearly no wrong
is so firmly rooted that it cannot be sue
cessfully resisted. The cause of his
country found IN him a powerful cham
| pion, and it the tenants cause in those
dark days found eloquent and able
platform advocates in che "Callan Gu
ratesn (Revs. Tom O'Shea and Matt
O'Keefe), the columns of the Nation
week after week voiced the trenchant
eloquence OF cutting logic and stern
facts, which flo we'd In mighty torrents
against the citadel of landlordism from
the fluent pen of "A Silent Friend "a
nom de plume under which Father
Walsh wrote), His was keen percep-
tion into the motives of men and things.
In those days, when Parliament was
sought only as stepping stone to office.
it was a remarkable fact that the man
to whom Father Walsh gave his suf-
frages never became traitor. Though
an old man the Home Rule movement
under Butt found him nlarshalllng his
mountaineers for the battle. and later
the Parnell movement had in him a
sincere supporter and steadfast friend.
His letters, over his own name. on the
Education and University questions
were always we'll reasoned and convin-
cling. In his sermons to Ills congrega-
ton he never aimed at eloquence: his
discourses were ever simple and in
structive. Such an influence for good
did he WELD over his people that On the
occasion of one of his visits the Most
Rev. DR.. Moran, SAID the parishioners
OF Father Walsh were models for the
diocese. He led the life OF a student,
and when it is said that Father Walsh
was poet of no mean order, that some
of his early pieces Oh the scenery OF his
native mountains were really beautiful,
it is to be hoped that an effort will be
made to collect his MSS, of which, from
his studious life, it is only reasonable
to expect there are volumes, and pub
lish them, so that they may be attain
able as memorials by the people who
loved him SO dearly. The only remem-
Urduc0 HOW ltlI vi ulM 10 ~ oAuhA
treatise dedicated to the Most Rev. DR..
Moran, entitled, "Helps to Medita
tiou."
His remains were conveyed from
Kilkenny on Wednesday, 10th of July,
and inferred in the parish church at
Hugginstown amidst the sohs and tears
of his sorrowing relatives and Sock in
whose spiritual and temporal welfare
be took so fatherly all interest. The
Office and High Mass was attended by
upwards of thirty priests, and chanted
by his nephew, Rev. VIM. Cassln, Kill
kenny. Long shall his memory remain
green on the mountains. In weaving
the last chaplet of immortelles for the
tomb Of this sainted soggarth other and
ADLER pens might portray more
vividly the fine qualities of this
simple and sacrificing map,
but none could sorrow more sincerely
at his death than the writer who now
joins the hosts Of other loving hearts
in praying fervently, "God rest you,
Father Walsh"