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The walsh Surname

walsh Name Meaning and History

Irish: Anglicized form (translation) of Breathnach ‘Briton’. It was used in particular to denote the Welshmen who arrived in Ireland in the wake of Strongbow’s Anglo-Norman invasion of 1170.

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The walsh name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the walsh family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of walsh Families in the US in 1920
Number of walsh families
 2418-4834
 807-2417		 1-806
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Peter john Walsh Geelong Victoria wombathill2001 0
Surname Walsh rosesnivys4ever 1
Walsh/Welsh-Mary Eliz. cryan25 1
James F. Walsh RosaHerner45 0
Walsh Project klcoleman 0
Mary (Deroche)Walsh Patdonus 0
Walsh of Boston - James Francis Walsh Francis Leo Walsh II 4
John Walsh Paul Jarvis 4
JOHN WALSH,WELSH sandra stewart 4
jeanette walsh or thomas walsh kbrenckman2 2
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