Name: Barbara Walsh
Case Classification: Endangered missing
Missing Since: June 22, 1985
Location Last Seen: Rusheenamanagh, Carna, Co. Galway
Date of Birth: Unknown
Age: 33 years old
Race: White
Gender: Female
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
Weight: Slim build
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Unknown
Nickname/Alias: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Unknown
Dentals: Unknown
Fingerprints: Unknown
DNA: Unknown
Clothing: Unknown
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown
Mother of seven Barbara Walsh was last seen by one of her daughters lying on a couch in the family home in Rusheenamanagh near Carna in the Connemara Gaeltacht in the early hours of 22 June 1985. At the time of her disappearance Barbara’s children were aged from seventeen down to a nine month old baby. In the hours before Barbara’s disappearance, around a dozen people had gathered in the Walsh family home for an impromptu gathering. Two Gardai were among those to join the family in the house for tea and sandwiches which Barbara prepared. The party ended but just hours later Barbara disappeared, and there has been no trace of her since. Jacqui Walsh was 14 years old at the time. “I woke up, and I just went down to the kitchen,” she told RTÉ Prime Time. “Mum was asleep on the couch. So I tried to wake her up to see if she would go back to bed. And she didn’t, so I just put a pillow under her head and a blanket on her. When I got up in the morning she was gone.” The case of Barbara Walsh received very little publicity when she vanished in 1985. Jacquie firmly believes her mother is dead, and that she was murdered the night she disappeared. And also that someone at the party in their house that fateful night knows more than they have revealed. After 35 years, the mother-of-four has now decided enough is enough. Jacquie and her brothers and sisters have issues with the initial Garda investigation and believe there is one man who holds the key to the case. This individual was present in the house on the night of the party and has been interviewed on more than one occasion by investigating gardaí.
Agency Name: Salthill Garda Station
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Agency Phone Number: +353 91 514 720
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Agency Name: Garda Missing Person Unit
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Agency Phone Number: +353 1 666 9476
Agency E-Mail: missing_persons@garda.ie
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Added: 9/12/2021; Last Updated: 9/12/2021 - By: Admin
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** Listed information is from the time of disappearance.
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