John Francis Shearman (1831–1885) was an Irish priest, antiquarian and historian. Born in Kilkenny in 1831, he studied at

Maynooth College St Patrick's Pontifical University, Maynooth (), is a pontifical Catholic university in the town of Maynooth near Dublin, Ireland. The college and national seminary on its grounds are often referred to as Maynooth College. The college was of ...

and was ordained in 1862. He was posted to serve as a curate in Dunlavin, and researched early Christian relics around Dunlavin. Shearman moved to

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, near Dublin. In 1883 he was appointed parish priest in Moone, County Kildare, where he died in 1885, and is buried in the chapel. Shearman's manuscripts are held in the archives in

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Publications

* ''Loca Patriciana'' by Shearman, John Francis, (1879)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shearman, John Francis 1831 births 1885 deaths Irish historians of religion Irish antiquarians 19th-century Irish Roman Catholic priests Alumni of St Patrick's College, Maynooth Christian clergy from County Kilkenny