Deceased
Parish Of Birth
South Parish
Colleges Attended
St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth Co Kildare, Ireland
Details Of Ordination
St. Patrick’s College Chapel, Maynooth, Co. Kildare
8/6/1816
Appointments
St. Patricks (Lower Rd.) PP : 1848 – 11/12/1870
Ss. Peter & Paul’s Adm : 1829 – 1848
Chaplaincy/Unknown – Cork City – 1829
South Parish CC
Notes
He was appointed Archdeacon of the newly-established Cathedral Chapter on the 23/2/1858.
Prior to 1848, St. Patrick’s Church was a Chapel-of-Ease for the Cathedral. In 1848 Bishop Delany created the Parish of St. Patrick’s, Lower Road, and Archdeacon O’Shea was appointed its first parish priest.
Date Of Death
11/12/1870
Place Of Death
Parochial House, King St. (McCurtain St), Cork
Place Of Burial
Interred in the Vault of St. Patrick’s Church, Lower Rd., Cork
Obituary
His Lordship, Most Rev. Dr. Delany, Bishop of Cork, was the celebrant of the Solemn Requiem Mass; deacon was, Fr. Joseph Shinkwin, C.C., Cathedral; sub-deacon was, Fr. Patrick Hurley, C.C., Blackrock, and the master of ceremonies was, Fr. William Lane, St. Patrick’s (Lower Rd) Sacristan.