The Wall Family In Ireland

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The Walls are an interesting family. Their origins lay, apparently, in Normandy, and they came to Ireland with the first of the Norman invaders in the period 1169 -'74. Their name which is in all probability derived from that of a district in Normandy, was originally du Val or de Valle and they seem - three brothers of them - to have made their entry to Ireland in association with Raymond le Gros.