Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Sir Nicholas Walsh (1542–1615) was an Irish judge, politician and landowner. He was Speaker of the Irish House of Commons in the Parliament of 1585–6 and a close ally of the Lord Deputy of Ireland, Sir John Perrot. Perrot's downfall almost ruined Walsh but he soon regained his influence, being noted for loyalty to the Crown, and became Chief Justice of the Irish Common Pleas. He sat on the Privy Council of Ireland in a role which has been compared to Minister without portfolio. His loyalty to the Crown led to his narrowly escaping death during a riot in 1603. He acquired a great fortune and was called the richest commoner in Munster. The well known Irish poem, Labhrann ar Iongaibh Éireann, by Tuileagna Ó Maoil Chonaire, was addressed to him.. }
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- Nicholas_Walsh_(judge) abstract "Sir Nicholas Walsh (1542–1615) was an Irish judge, politician and landowner. He was Speaker of the Irish House of Commons in the Parliament of 1585–6 and a close ally of the Lord Deputy of Ireland, Sir John Perrot. Perrot's downfall almost ruined Walsh but he soon regained his influence, being noted for loyalty to the Crown, and became Chief Justice of the Irish Common Pleas. He sat on the Privy Council of Ireland in a role which has been compared to Minister without portfolio. His loyalty to the Crown led to his narrowly escaping death during a riot in 1603. He acquired a great fortune and was called the richest commoner in Munster. The well known Irish poem, Labhrann ar Iongaibh Éireann, by Tuileagna Ó Maoil Chonaire, was addressed to him.".