Hubert Gallwey’s scholarship is impeccable. Educated at Ampleforth and Christ Church College, Oxford, where he read modern history, he subsequently joined the British Army. He was commissioned in the Royal Artillery in 1937, served during the Second World War and eventually retired from the army in 1959 with the rank of Lieutenant – Colonel.

Deservedly, the first edition of The Wall Family in Ireland 1170-1970 received excellent reviews and generous praise from a number of eminent historians like G.A. Hayes McCoy and E. McLysagth. Extracts from the Hayes McCoy and McLysagth reviews and those of Eileen  O'Brien ( Irish Times ), W.D.O'Connell ( Cork Examiner ) and  Jean Sheridan ( Leinster Leader ) are set out below for your information.