Barbara Walsh PhD

When Irish author and historian Barbara Walsh gained a doctorate in history from Lancaster University in 1999, she had already enjoyed a long and productive career which had encompassed a number of creative outlets as a writer, artist, broadcaster and multi-media producer. This activity included features, short stories, plays and commercial work for radio and TV.

Her most recent book is a biography of a once-famous Anglo-French aviator, whose star briefly lit up the early days of the 20th century. This life story evokes a lively and entertaining picture of international social and political events in the decade leading up to the First World War. Forgotten Aviator Hubert Latham: a high-flying gentleman, published by Tempus Publishing.

'part biography and part detective story'

'Dr. Walsh has cast a net wide and deep to capture the subject of her monumental biography of the French aviator Hubert Latham...Rich and independent, Latham moved easily through the salons (and boudoirs) of a hedonistic international high-society intent upon breaking the moral strictures of the past'

'a well researched and interesting work'

Barbara Walsh's academic research at Lancaster University produced a well-received definitive text for students of the history of women: Roman Catholic Nuns in England and Wales 1800-1937: A Social History, published by Irish Academic Press in 2002.

'extensive, rich and fascinating.'

She also co-authored a collection of short stories: Sisters, (written under the name of Barbara Haycock Walsh) published by Blackstaff Press in 1980.

'I found her "Tuesday Night" the best of the bunch in the book. Her opening gets you right into the atmosphere of the tale... there's hardly a superfluous word in that paragraph and the readers attention is hooked at once. That's how it should be.'

Barbara Walsh has also written and broadcast under the names of:

Baibre Breathnach
Barbara M. Walsh
B. M. Walsh
Barbara Haycock Walsh
She signs her work as a visual artist: B M. Haycock

Barbara may be contacted at barbaraw at barbarawalsh dot com