Thomas Joseph Walsh (20 November 1911 – 8 November 1988) was an Irish doctor, writer, and founder and director of the Wexford Opera Festival.
[1] Walsh was born in Wexford, Ireland, and graduated in medicine from University College Dublin in 1944.
[1] During his years in Dublin he took singing lessons from Adelio Viani at the Royal Irish Academy of Music.
[2] He became chairman and artistic director of the Wexford Festival in 1951[3] and established its international recognition over 15 years while still working as an anaesthetist at Wexford County Hospital.
[5] Walsh wrote several books relating to opera, covering 18th century Dublin, opera in Monte Carlo and the Théâtre Lyrique in Paris: