Deceased
Parish Of Birth
Unspecified
Colleges Attended
St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth Co Kildare, Ireland
Details Of Ordination
Ursuline Convent Chapel, Blackrock, Cork
4/2/1859
Appointments
Blackrock PP : 1878 – 14/1/1882
Glounthaune PP : 1877 – 1878
Cathedral Adm : 1874 – 1877
Cathedral CC : 1865 – 1874
Passage West CC : 1859 – 1865
Notes
Appointed Canon of the Cathedral Chapter in 1874.
Cardinal Henry Newman, Rector of the Catholic Univesity, Dublin, on hearing John Galvin – then a student at Maynooth College, singing the Dies Irae at a Requiem Mass in the College, remarked “that for the first time he felt the full charm of the music of the Church”.
Date Of Death
14/1/1882
Place Of Death
Parochial House, Blackrock, Cork
Place Of Burial
St. Michael’s Church Grounds, Blackrock, Cork
Obituary
His Lordship, Most Rev. Dr. Delany, Bishop of Cork, presided at the Solemn Requiem Mass. The celebrant of the Mass was, Very Rev. Monsignor George Sheehan, P.P., St. Patrick’s; deacon was, Fr William Madden, C.C., Cathedral; sub-deacon was, Fr. Murphy, St. Finbarr’s Seminary