Peter Martin (STP) was an Irish preacher and

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, who died 1645. Martin was born in the town of

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, Ireland, and by 1615 had already been a student at St. Patrick's College in

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. He joined the

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and was in that year studying at

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. By 1622 he had returned to Ireland where he enjoyed much success as preacher. In 1626 he was proposed as ''lector primarius et moderator studiorum'' of a proposed Dominican school at Galway. He was prior of that community in July 1631. In the late 1630s he was one of a number of Connacht Dominicans proposed as candidates for various offices, such as

Achonry Achonry (; ) is a village in County Sligo, Ireland. The old name is Achad Cain Conairi. St. Nath Í ua hEadhra (O'Hara) founded a monastery here. The foundation gave the later diocese its name. The monastery was founded on land granted by the ...

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and

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. Material from the time describes him as ''for the past fifteen years eminent at Galway both for preaching and for his teaching of philosophy,

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and letters.'' He died at Galway in 1645.

References

* ''History of Galway'',

James Hardiman James Hardiman (February 1782 – 13 November 1855), also known as Séamus Ó hArgadáin, was a librarian at Queen's College, Galway and an important historian. Hardiman is best remembered for his '' History of the Town and County of Galway'' (1 ...

, 1820 * ''Irish Dominicans at Lisbon before 1700: a Biographical Register'', Hugh Fenning, in '' Collectanea Hibernica'', pp. 27–65 volume 42, 2000 {{DEFAULTSORT:Martin (Stp), Peter Christian clergy from Galway (city) 17th-century Irish Roman Catholic priests Irish Dominicans Irish expatriates in Spain Irish expatriates in Portugal

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