Hi Iam tracing my husbands ancestors, and have now come to a full stop. We have his grt.grandfather James Welsh born 1836/37 in the killkenny and Carlow area his father was James also, mother not known. Both Father and son were coalminers James Junior moved to england about 1858 and married a Mary Robinson in Stoke on Trent in 1861 they then moved to Scotland and he carried on as a coalminer, and this is were he started my husbands ancestors. and as you say Welsh or Walsh. When we were over in killkenny area trying to trace his ancestors a priest told us that sometime in the same family they would use Welsh or Walsh. We are hoping you may have some connections to enable us to continue aur tracing of there ancestors. regards Beryl Welsh