Ennis councillors paid tribute to the late Bishop Willie Walsh this week, remembering him as somebody who was “loved far and ...

More than a thousand people have attended the funeral mass of Bishop Willie Walsh at Ennis Cathedral in Co Clare. Bishop Walsh, 90, died last Wednesday at his residence in Ennis. In his words of ...

Bishop Walsh was buried in the grounds of Ennis Cathedral following the funeral mass. Photo: Eamon Ward) Bishop Willie Walsh, Bishop Emeritus of Killaloe. Photo: Catholic Communications Office ...

He was appointed curate of Ennis Cathedral in 1988, and became administrator of the cathedral two years later. In 1994, he was appointed as coadjutor bishop of the Diocese, before being ordained ...

He had been in relatively good health and recently marked his 90th birthday with a mass at Ennis cathedral. "Bishop Willie Walsh was a thorough gentleman, who supported those in need and people on ...