Deceased
Parish Of Birth
Diocese of Kerry
Details Of Ordination
St. Vincent’s Convent, Peacock Lane, Cork
19/1/1902
Appointments
Douglas PP : 28/10/1953 – 15/11/1960
Caheragh PP : 1/9/1930 – 28/10/1953
Dunmanway CC : 14/1/1917 – 1/9/1930
Kinsale CC : 3/3/1912 – 14/1/1917
Chaplain, Cork Workhouse : 19/3/1911 – 3/3/1912
Clontead CC : 2/2/1902 – 19/3/1911
Notes
Fr. Carmody was a native of North Kerry and was ordained for the Kerry Diocese. He took up temporary mission in Cork Diocese and elected to stay.Much of his long ministry was spent in West Cork.
He was curate in Dunmanway at the time Canon Tom Magner, P.P., was murdered by armed forces on the 15/12/1920.
His magnificent work in assisting survivors of the Lusitania when they were brought to Kinsale after the ship had been sunk off the Old Head of Kinsale on the 7th May 1915 is amply recorded.
Glowing tribute to the work of the Kinsale curate is paid in the Joseph J. O’Connor’s book Hostage to Fortune, published in 1951.
Date Of Death
15/11/1960
Place Of Death
Parochial House, Douglas, Cork
Place Of Burial
St. Columba’s Church Grounds, Douglas, Cork.
Obituary
Their Lordships, Most Rev. Dr. Lucey, Bishop of Cork, and Most Rev. Dr. Moynihan, Bishop of Kerry, presided at the Solemn Requiem Mass. The celebrant of the Mass was, Very Rev. John D. Bernard, P.P. Iveleary; deacon was, Fr. Denis O’Connor, C.C., St. Finbarr’s (South); sub-deacon was, Fr. Daniel J. McCarthy, C,C., Bantry, and master of ceremonies was, Very Rev. Daniel Canon Connolly, President, Farranferris.