Edward Joseph Renehan Sr. (1886–1953) was an

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banker, a supporter of Irish independence, and a major benefactor of the

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Renehan was born in 1886. In 1934 he became an officer of the

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. He was brother-in-law to

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leader and congressman James H. Torrens and a cousin to the politician, attorney, and actor

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. Renehan was noted for his many gifts to St. Patrick's College, Maynooth (

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) where his great-uncle, the Rev. Dr. Laurence F. Renehan, 1797–1857, had been president in the 1850s. He was also for many years an officer in the

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and the

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. As a young man, Renehan served as secretary to Irish-American attorney and politician

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. He died in 1953.

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