Individual Details

A 1911 census return has been located for Willie's household in Doonard Upper in Tarbert which tells us he was a widower at this time. The fact that his wife, Minnie, had died may account for the fact that two of their children (William and James) are listed in the 1911 census return with the family of their uncle Jer Collins, indicating that Jer and his siblings may have been helping to raise them. It is known that Willie later remarried.

I was originally told that Willie was from Marble Hole in Tarbert. I was never able to determine where exactly Marble Hole was located but, having come across the marriage record of Mary and Willie (on www.irishgenealogy.ie), I believe it to be in the townland of Doonard where Willie was living prior to his marriage.

Five of Willie and Minnie's six children emigrated, four to Australia and one to England. Only Paddy remained in Ireland; he ran the family farm in Doonard.

Birth	Poss 1873	probably Doonard, Tarbert, Co. Kerry
Marriage	19 Feb 1901	Moyvane, Co. Kerry - Mary (Minnie) COLLINS
Marriage	Aft 2 Apr 1911	'UNKNOWN'
Death	Oct 1932
Burial		Listowel Cemetery, Co. Kerry

Spouse	Mary (Minnie) COLLINS (1866 - 1907)
Child	William (Willie) Joseph WALSH (1901 - 1967)
Child	Patrick (Paddy) WALSH (1901 - 1999)
Child	John Joseph WALSH (1903 - 1962)
Child	Martin WALSH (1904 - 1977)
Child	Jeremiah WALSH (1905 - )
Child	James WALSH (1907 - )

Spouse

'UNKNOWN' ( - 1932)

Father	William WALSH ( - )
Mother	Mary 'UNKNOWN' ( - )
Sibling	Ellen (Ellie) WALSH (1867 - 1956)