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List Of Post-reformation Saints In Ireland
The Catholic Church recognises certain deceased Catholics as Saint#Catholicism, saints, Beatification, beati, List of venerable people (Roman Catholic), venerabili, and List of Servants of God, servants of God. In the post-Reformation period, some such people were born, died, or lived in Ireland. Saints * Charles of Mount Argus, Joannes Andreas Houben (Charles of Saint Andrew) (1821–1893), Professed Priest of the Passionists (Limburg, Netherlands – Dublin, Ireland) ** Declared "Venerable": 10 May 1979 ** Beatified: 16 October 1988 by Pope John Paul II ** Canonized: 3 June 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI Blesseds * Edmund Ignatius Rice (1762–1844), Widower; Founder of the Irish Christian Brothers and the Presentation Brothers of Mary (Kilkenny – Waterford City, Ireland) ** Declared "Venerable": 2 April 1993 ** Beatified: 6 October 1996 by Pope John Paul II * Columba Marmion, Joseph Marmion (Columba) (1858–1923), Professed Priest of the Benedictines (Annunciation Congregation) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmund Ignatius Rice
Edmund Ignatius Rice, Presentation Brothers, F.P.M., Congregation of Christian Brothers, C.F.C. (; 1 June 1762 – 29 August 1844) was a Catholic missionary and educationalist who founded two religious institute, institutes of Religious brother, religious brothers: the Congregation of Christian Brothers and the Presentation Brothers. Rice was born in Ireland at a time when Catholics faced oppression under Penal Laws (Ireland), Penal Laws enforced by the British authorities, though reforms Penal Laws (Ireland)#Gradual reform and emancipation 1778–1869, began in 1778 when he was a teenager. He forged a successful career in business and, after an accident that killed his wife and left his daughter disabled and with learning difficulties, thereafter devoted his life to the education of the poor. Christian Brothers and Presentation Brothers schools around the world continue to follow the traditions established by Rice (see List of Christian Brothers schools). Early life and educa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nano Nagle
Honora "Nano" Nagle ( – 26 April 1784) was an Irish Catholic religious sister who served as a pioneer of Catholic education in Ireland despite legal prohibitions. She founded the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, commonly known as the Presentation Sisters, now a worldwide Catholic institute of women religious. She was declared venerable in the Catholic Church on 31 October 2013 by Pope Francis. Background Nano Nagle lived during the period when the Catholic majority in Ireland were subject to the anti-Catholic Penal Laws. The Catholic Irish were denied political, economic, social and educational rights that would have lifted them from mass poverty. The parliamentarian and philosopher, Edmund Burke, a younger cousin of Nagle who spent part of his childhood in her birthplace, described those laws: "Their declared object was to reduce the Catholics in Ireland to a miserable populace, without property, without estimation, without education." Early li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary O'Connell (nurse)
Mary O'Connell, SC (better known as Sister Anthony) (1814 – December 8, 1897) was an Irish immigrant to the United States, who became a Catholic religious sister. A Sister of Charity of Cincinnati, she served with distinction as a nurse on the front lines of the American Civil War. Her work with the wounded and in health care in general caused her to be known as "the angel of the battlefield" and "the Florence Nightingale of America." Her portrait hangs in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC. Biography Mary Ellen O'Connell was born in Limerick, Ireland, in 1814, the daughter of William O'Connell (1769-1841) and Catherine Murphy (-1821). In 1821, she emigrated with her family to Boston, and attended the Ursuline Academy in Charlestown, Massachusetts. She would have witnessed the Ursuline Convent riots. On June 5, 1835 she entered the novitiate of the American Sisters of Charity in St. Joseph's Valley, Maryland, founded by Saint Elizabeth Seton, and was professed in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Manogue
Patrick Manogue (May 28, 1831 – February 27, 1895) was an Irish-born prelate of the Catholic Church in America. He served as the founding bishop of the Diocese of Sacramento in California from 1886 until his death in 1895. He previously served as bishop of the Diocese of Grass Valley in California from 1881 until 1886. Manogue was a pioneer of Catholicism in the Nevada Territory. Biography Early life Patrick Manogue was born in County Kilkenny, Ireland, in 1831. Emigrating to the United States, he left college to support his siblings. Manogue moved to Moore's Flat, California, where he prospected for gold. One of his fellow "ordinary miners", John Mackay, would spearhead the building of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament starting in 1887. After four years of prospecting, Manogue earned enough money to pay his tuition at Saint Sulpice Seminary, Paris. While at Saint Sulpice, Manogue admired its church; he would use it as a model for his future diocesan cathedra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mother Vincent Whitty
Mother Mary Vincent Whitty, R.S.M. (3 March 1819 – 9 March 1892) was an Irish religious sister known for her work in the colony of Queensland. She was a leading figure in the Institute of the Sisters of Mercy, both in Ireland and in its expansion into the Australian colonies. Early life She was born Ellen Whitty at Pouldarrig, near Oylegate, a village seven miles from the town of Wexford in Ireland. She was the fourth of the six children of William and Johanna Whitty (née Murphy). One of Whitty's two sisters also became a Sister of Mercy, known as Sister Mary Agnes. The other sister married the brother of a famous convert and publicist, Frederick Lucas. Father Robert Whitty, S.J., leader of the Jesuits in Great Britain, was her brother. Religious life in Ireland At the age of 19, Whitty joined Catherine McAuley, the founder of the Sisters of Mercy, at the convent in Baggot Street, Dublin, in 1839. Serving as Whitty's spiritual guide through her novitiate, Catherine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Christopher Drumgoole
John Christopher Drumgoole (August 15, 1816 – March 28, 1888) was an Irish-American Roman Catholic priest who was known for his work in caring for and educating orphaned and abandoned children in New York City, especially homeless newsboys. In 1883, he founded Mount Loretto, an orphanage and vocational school for boys in a then-rural section of Staten Island. It grew into a large complex that housed and educated tens of thousands of boys and girls in more than a century of existence. As of 2024, Drumgoole's Mission of the Immaculate Virgin, now named Catholic Charities of Staten Island, continues to run programs that benefit needy children and other Staten Island residents, on a portion of the Mount Loretto property. Life John Christopher Drumgoole was born at Abbeylara near Granard, County Longford, Ireland, on August 15, 1816. His father John, a cobbler, died in 1822. The younger John came to the United States in 1824 at age 8 to join his mother Bridget, who had emigrated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Duff
Francis Michael Duff (7 June 1889 – 7 November 1980), was an Irish lay Catholic and author known for bringing attention to the role of the Catholic laity during the Second Vatican Council of the Roman Catholic Church. Duff had previously founded the Legion of Mary in his native city of Dublin, Ireland. Biography Early life He was born in Dublin on 7 June 1889, at 97 Phibsboro Road, the eldest of seven children of John Duff (died 23 December 1918) and his wife, Susan Letitia (née Freehill, died 27 February 1950). The wealthy family lived in the city at St Patrick's Road, Drumcondra. Duff attended Blackrock College. Early career In 1908, he entered the Civil Service and was assigned to the Irish Land Commission. In 1913, he joined the Society of St Vincent de Paul Kennedy, Finola''Frank Duff: A Life Story'' Bloomsbury Publishing, 2011; . and was exposed to the real poverty of Dublin. Many who lived in tenement squalor were forced to attend soup kitchens for sustena ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfie Lambe
Alfie Lambe, in full ''Alphonsus Lambe'' (Tullamore, Ireland, 24 June 1932 – Buenos Aires, Argentina, 21 January 1959), was an Irish-born Roman Catholic lay-missionary and envoy of the Legion of Mary to South America. Background Born at Tullamore, County Offaly to a farming family, as a youth he considered a vocation with the Irish Christian Brothers but had to leave due to chronic poor health and fainting attacks. Alfie was described as a quiet boy who was shy, loved reading and going on hunting trips with his father. Having to leave the Christian Brothers was devastating for him but he was soon introduced to the Legion of Mary by his brother. Alfie later found work in Dublin and spent time volunteering in the Morning Star hostel. Frank Duff chose Alfie to become the Legion's envoy to South America. He left Ireland on 16 July 1953 accompanied by Seamus Grace, on their way to Bogota. He went to serve in Colombia, Ecuador, Uruguay, Brazil, as well as Argentina, where he died ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teresa Kearney
Mary Kevin Kearny (born Teresa Kearney; 28 April 1875 – 17 October 1957) was an Irish–American teacher, Franciscan Sister, and missionary, who founded the Franciscan Missionary Sisters for Africa in 1952. Born in Arklow, Ireland on April 28, 1875, she became a Junior Assistant Mistress at 17 and taught in Essex, England. On December 2, 1902, she left to begin missionary work in Nsambya, Uganda, working as a Franciscan Sister of Saint Mary's Abbey, Mill Hill, London. Kearney's work in East Africa resulted in the formation of multiple hospitals and training of nurses throughout the region. Her name serves as the root of the word ''Kevina'', which means "hospital" or "charity institute" in Uganda. On November 6, 2016, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lugazi opened her formal beatification process, securing her the title Servant of God. Early life Family Teresa Kearney was born in Knockenrahan, Arklow, County Wicklow, on April 28, 1875 as the third daughter of farmer Michael ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward J
Edward is an English male name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortunate; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”. History The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Saxon England, but the rule of the Norman and Plantagenet dynasties had effectively ended its use amongst the upper classes. The popularity of the name was revived when Henry III named his firstborn son, the future Edward I, as part of his efforts to promote a cult around Edward the Confessor, for whom Henry had a deep admiration. Variant forms The name has been adopted in the Iberian peninsula since the 15th century, due to Edward, King of Portugal, whose mother was English. The Spanish/Portuguese forms of the name are Eduardo and Duarte. Other variant forms include French Édouard, Italian Edoardo and Odoardo, German, Dutch, Czech and Romanian Eduard and Scandinavian Edvard. Short forms include Ed, Eddy, Eddie, Ted, Teddy a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph (Ignatius) Shanahan
Joseph Shanahan B.Sc., C.S.Sp. (1871–1943) was an Irish-born priest of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans), who served as a bishop in Nigeria – first as prefect apostolic of Lower Niger (now Onitsha) and then as vicar apostolic of Southern Nigeria. Life Born Joseph Ignatius Shanahan on 6 June 1871 in Glankeen, Borrisoleigh, County Tipperary, Ireland. He joined the Holy Ghost Order in Beauvais, France in 1886, where his uncle Pat Walsh (Brother Adelm) had also joined the Holy Ghost Fathers. He returned to Ireland, to Rockwell College, where he served as prefect and dean of studies. He was ordained in 1900 in Blackrock College, and went to Nigeria in 1902. He was instrumental in the setting up of the Kiltegan Fathers when in 1920, following his ordination in Maynooth as Bishop for Southern Nigeria (then a British protectorate) he appealed to students in Maynooth College for missionaries to Nigeria and Africa. In 1924 Bishop Shanahan founded a missionary society ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Doyle
William Joseph Gabriel Doyle, (3 March 1873 – 16 August 1917) was an Irish Catholics, Irish Catholic priest who was killed in action while serving as a military chaplain to the Royal Dublin Fusiliers during the First World War. He is a candidate for sainthood in the Catholic Church. Early life Doyle was born in Dalkey, Ireland, the youngest of seven children of Hugh and Christine Doyle (née Byrne). He was educated at Ratcliffe College, a Catholic school, Catholic boarding school in Leicester, England. Religious life After reading Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori, St. Alphonsus' book ''Instructions and Consideration on the Religious State'' he was inspired to enter the priesthood. In March 1891, he entered the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) in Ireland. He then entered St Stanislaus Tullabeg College. Having completed his novitiate, for his Regency (Jesuit), regency he was assigned to teach: he taught at Belvedere College, Dublin, and at Clongowes Wood College, County Kildare, between ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
