[1] William Walsh was born at Dunboyne early in the 16th century, and was appointed, by the Pope, Bishop of Meath in 1554.
On 16 July, Adam Loftus, the Archbishop of Armagh, wrote to Cecil: "He refused the oath, ... and openly showed himself to be a misliker of all the Queen's Majesty's proceedings.
He openly protested before all the people, the same day he was before us, that he would never communicate or be present, by his will, where the service should be ministered, for it was against his conscience, and, as he thought, against God's Word.
He appears to have returned to Ireland and resumed his episcopal functions in 1575, as in April of that year he had a brief from Rome empowering him to act for the dioceses of Armagh and Dublin, as well as Meath.
Bishop Walsh subsequently retired to Spain, where he held the position of suffragan to the Archbishop of Toledo.