Anne (Annie) Walsh

Annie Joyce was born on 1 August 1891 on Lettermore Island, County Galway, Ireland.

I am not sure when she came over, however, she landed in Boston and on 25 January 1914 she married a Coleman Kelley. Coleman died of the flue on 22 September 1918. So, Annie went back to Ireland with her three daughters to live with her father Thomas Joyce who was living in RosMuc, County Galway. In court documents after four weeks of living with her father she married a Daniel Walsh. They would have three children together: Donal 1922, Thomas 1924, and Annie 1926. Daniel Walsh died in RosMuc on 31 May 1928. It was ruled an accident, however, they exhumed the body and ruled it murder. Annie was having an affair with her cousin Martin Joyce and her three children from her first marriage testified against their mother. Martin and Annie were both sentenced to the death penalty. Annie was the second women in Ireland to be sentenced to death. However, on appeal due to some technicality, their sentence was commuted, and they were given prison time instead. I believe Martin got ten years and Annie got eight.

I am very frustrated as I don’t know who took the three youngest children or where they went after the conviction. Martin went back to live in RosMuc. Speculation has it that Annie went to England, however I can’t find any proof. So, what I’m looking for is what happened to Annie and her children, Donal, Thomas, and Annie.