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James Kavanagh (bishop)
Bishop James Kavanagh BA STL Dip Ecom Sci, MA(Hons) (1914-2002), was an Irish priest and professor, who served as Auxiliary Bishop in the Dublin Archdiocese. Early life Born in Dublin in 1914, he went to school at St. Laurences CBS and O'Connell School. Kavanagh went to Clonliffe College to study for the priesthood. While at Clonliffe, he completed his undergraduate BA in Philosophy at University College Dublin. While at school he played Hurling for O'Connell's, and played for the Dublin Minor Hurling side. At Cambridge, he played Soccer at inter-varsity level, and he was involved in Home Farm F.C., Home Farm football club in Dublin, serving as Vice-president of the club. In later life he played golf, sponsoring the annual priests golf shield in Portmarnock. Career In 1939 he was ordained a priest in a ceremony in St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, and graduated with a STL, he went on to teach Philosophy in Saint Patrick’s Society for the Foreign Missions, St. Patrick's Missi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
O'Connell School
The O’Connell School is a secondary and primary school for boys located on North Richmond Street in Dublin, Ireland. The school, named in honour of the leader of Catholic Emancipation, Daniel O’Connell, has the distinction of being the oldest surviving Christian Brothers school in Dublin, having been first established in 1829. It is now under the trusteeship of the Edmund Rice Schools Trust. The school offers the Junior Certificate and Leaving Certificate programmes. Notable staff and past pupils A number of significant figures in Irish public life attended O'Connell's School. Arts, journalism and entertainment * Paul Harrington - singer songwriter, Eurovision winner 1994 *Michael Holohan – composer, member and former chair of Aosdána. *James Joyce – writer who briefly attended the school; the school is mentioned in '' Dubliners'' in the story "Araby" * Pat Kenny – radio and television presenter * Barry Keoghan – film and television actor * Thomas Kinsella ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |