Deceased
Parish Of Birth
South Parish
Colleges Attended
St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth Co Kildare, Ireland
Details Of Ordination
St. John the Baptist Church, Ovens, Co. Cork
2/8/1855
Appointments
Ss. Peter & Paul’s CC : 1868 – 17/5/1872
South Parish CC : 1863 – 1868
Enniskeane CC : 1859 – 1863
Murragh and Templemartin CC : 1858 – 1859
Drimoleague CC : 1857 – 1858
Kinsale CC : 1856 – 1857
Ballinhassig CC : 1855 – 1856
Notes
In May 1870 Bishop Delany selected him to go to America to raise subscriptions towards the restoration of the Cathedral. The hazards of travel and preaching commitments in New York, Boston and Canada proved too much for him, who prior to leaving Cork, had been diagnosed as having chronic bronchitis. He was obliged to return home, arriving in Queenstown (Cobh) on the 20 th May 1871. After a brief spell of recuperation in Sunday’s Well (Cork), he returned to the presbytery of Ss. Peter & Paul’s where he died on the 17th May 1872.
In 1868, he published the Life and Writings of the Rev. Arthur O’Leary a well-known Capuchin Friar, who flourished at the close of the eighteenth century.
After his death, his sermons, lectures and poems were collected by Fr. Charles Davis, P.P., Rath & Islands – his friend and contempory, and were published into a book – Sermons, Lectures, etc. etc. of The Rev. Michael B. Buckley, by Rev. Charles Davis -McGlashan and Gill, Dublin 1874
Date Of Death
17/5/1872
Place Of Death
The Presbytery, Ss. Peter & Paul’s, Cork
Place Of Burial
St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Cork
Obituary
The celebrant of the Solemn Requiem Mass was, Venerable Archdeacon John James Murphy; deacon was, Fr. Henry Reid, Chaplain, Sister of Mercy, Cork; sub-deacon was, Fr. John Collins, Chaplain, Sisters of Mercy, Bantry, and the master of ceremonies was, Fr. John James Coghlan, Chaplain, Cork Military Barracks.