Cleric of the Day: Rev Thomas Matthews https://t.co/q1jqlufBJ9 PP of Drogheda during the #Famine 1840s. Brother of Alderman James Matthews JP, first #Catholic magistrate appointed after the passing of the #Emancipation Act @dioceseofmeath
Rev Patrick Woulfe best known for having authored Sloinnte Gaedheal is Gall, a dictionary of Irish names and surnames, Ordained in @StPatsMaynooth in 1898 after previous study at the Irish College Rome https://t.co/fzKJH0WV3J For more on his life se https://t.co/b2p66eGbbv
Another obituary which will contribute to our database. Monsignor Patrick McAlpine PP of Clifden & associated with Michael Davitt & the formation of the Land League in the 1880s. Ordained @StPatsMaynooth 1878 https://t.co/n8ewJhoCLF
Newspaper report 1928 announcing that Joseph MacRory (see here https://t.co/WbsRtBgB87) would be made a Cardinal. Born in Ballygawley #Tyrone 1861, MacRory was a student of #Armagh & #Maynooth
#otd 1662 d. Daniel O’Daly, Dominican, Diplomat and founder Of the Irish Dominican College of Corpo Santo and the convent of Bom Sucesso in Lisbon. A tomb to his memory in the college church was destroyed in the 1755 earthquake #irelandinlisbon#globalirish@IrlEmbLisbon
On this day in 1922 the Irish Independent reported on the appointment of Rev Patrick Boylan as Vice President of @StPatsMaynooth A native of #Athy#Kildare Educated at Clonliffe; Maynooth; Berlin &
the National University.
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