RIP: Seamie Walsh - miner, storyteller, historian of North Kilkenny, passes away
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The death has occurred of a well-known Kilkennyman, historian, miner and storyteller Seamus (Seamie) Walsh of Maryville, Castlecomer, Kilkenny, at his residence, in the tender care of his loving family.
Many people will have known Seamie from his first-hand contributions to the social history and fabric of North Kilkenny, mining and the Deerpark Colliery. He and his family had worked in the mines, and like many men of that era, he went into them as a teenager. In later years, Seamie was a historian and a storyteller, and was able to recount his and other people s stories with a wonderful eye for character, detail and colour.