Deceased
Parish Of Birth
Kinsale
Colleges Attended
St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth Co Kildare, Ireland
Details Of Ordination
Church of the Resurrection, Farranree. Cork
23/5/1959
Appointments
Retired ex Ballinhassig : 8/8/2001
Ballinhassig PP : 15/6/1998 – 8/8/2001
Monkstown PP : 22/11/1991 – 15/6/1998
Goleen PP : 10/9/1987 – 22/11/1991
Ballinlough CC1 : 4/12/1981 – 10/9/1987
Dunmanway CC : 23/6/1973 – 4/12/1981
Ringaskiddy CC : 24/1/1970 – 23/6/1973
Ahiohill CC : 18/2/1967 – 24/1/1970
Caheragh CC : 18/12/1965 – 18/2/1967
Muintir Bhaire CC : 3/9/1964 – 18/12/1965
Turners Cross AP : 23/3/1962 – 3/9/1964
Ministry Abroad/Southwark : 1959 – 1962
Date Of Death
24/5/2002
Place Of Death
Cork University Hospital (CUH), Cork
Place Of Burial
St Eltin’s Cemetery, Kinsale, Co. Cork
Obituary
Fr. Buckley was a native of Kinsale parish, where he was buried after Funeral Mass at Ballygarvan on Tuesday May 28th.
He was ordained in May 1959 and went on temporary mission to Southwark Diocese, England. In March 1962, he began his ministry in the diocese as Assistant CC Turner’s Cross, and moved to Muintir Bhaire as CC in September 1964.
His other curacies in the diocese included: Dromore (from December 1965), Ahiohill (1967), Ringaskiddy (1970), Dunmanway (1973) and Ballinlough (1981). In September 1987, Fr. Buckley was appointed PP Goleen, where he served until he moved to Monkstown in November 1991.
He moved to Ballinhassig as PP in June 1998, where he served until June 2001 when ill-health caused him to retire from ministry in June 2001.
May he rest in peace.
Published in the Cork and Ross Diocesan Directory, 2003.