Deceased
Parish Of Birth
Ballyphehane
Colleges Attended
St. Patrick’s College, Carlow Ireland
St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth Co Kildare, Ireland
Details Of Ordination
Cathedral of St Mary & St. Anne, Cork.
7/6/1980
Appointments
Ahiohill CC : 14/9/1981 – 3/3/1983
Chaplain Clonakilty : 6/9/1980 – 14/9/1981
Notes
Fr Hayes was the Deacon at the Youth Mass in Galway (30/9/1979) during the Pope John Paul’s visit to Ireland and he sang the Gospel.
Date Of Death
3/3/1983
Place Of Death
The Presbytery, Ahiohill, Enniskeane, Co. Cork
Place Of Burial
St. Finbarr’s Cemetery, Cork
Obituary
His Lordship, Most Rev. Dr. Murphy, Bishop of Cork and Ross, was the chief concelebrant of the Requiem Mass at the Church of the Assumption, Ahiohill. In all, some sixty priests concebrated, including a large proportion of Fr. Hayes’ own class mates from seminary days.
In the santuary were: Fr. Denis Hayes, assiatant to the Bishop; Very Rev. Canon Wm. Murphy, P.P., Enniskeane, Fr. Martin Scully, C.C., Enniskeane, Fr. Gus Keating, C.C., Bealad. Fr Eugene Cashman, P.P. was chanter and a choir under Fr. David McAuliffe, C.C., Carrigfadda, led the congregation in the singing of the Mass.