Patrick J. “Doc” Walsh has died; recalled as ‘the face behind most benefits in the Irish community’

By BostonIrish.com Newsroom
December 5, 2024
BostonIrish.com Newsroom

“Every neighborhood has its behind-the-scenes hero someone who keeps things going, who always has an eye out who everyone knows they can turn to in times of trouble. In Dorchester, Doc Walsh is that guy.”

– Award citation 2014

 

When an older brother decided not to take a trip to the US, Patrick Walsh took his place and emigrated to Boston, settling first in Norwood. Once here, he enlisted in the Army National Guard, and when assigned a job in the base hospital at Fort Dix, NJ, a buddy nicknamed him “Doc,” and the name stuck.

APPRECIATION Remembering my brother Bill, whose passing marked ‘end of an era’

By Greg Wayland, Special to Boston Irish
December 5, 2024
Greg Wayland, Special to Boston Irish

 

In a 1940 journal entry, my mother marveled at her five-year-old son’s fascination with radio. “Billy is a radio enthusiast,” she wrote. “He listens to all programs indiscriminately.” One evening, that included a “thrilling drama of murder and intrigue,” something the little boy happened upon while twirling the knobs.  But he wouldn’t let mom shut it off. No way. It was radio, and he loved it.  

Remembrances: James Patrick (‘Seamus’) Mulligan dies at 89; chronicler of Irish music, history; manager of the Irish Festival

By BostonIrish.com Newsroom
December 5, 2024
BostonIrish.com Newsroom

James Patrick “Seamus” Mulligan, 89, a longtime resident of Randolph, died peacefully at Good Samaritan Medical Center in Brockton on Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024. He was the husband of Mary Ellen (Welch) Mulligan for 34 years. Son of the late Patrick J. and Ellen “Nellie” (Carron) Mulligan, he was born in Co. Monaghan, Ireland, and raised in Tullamore, Co. Offaly, Ireland.

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