Deceased
Parish Of Birth
Bantry
Colleges Attended
St. Vincent’s Seminary, Cork, Ireland
St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth Co Kildare, Ireland
Details Of Ordination
St. Patrick’s College Chapel, Maynooth, Co. Kildare
01/03/1881
Appointments
Glounthaune PP : 14/1/1917 – 29/8/1928
Tracton PP : 19/3/1911 – 14/1/1917
Muintir Bhaire PP : 20/3/1898 – 19/3/1911
Glanmire CC : 27/3/1892 – 20/3/1898
Carrigaline CC : 21/5/1891 – 27/3/1892
Tracton CC : 1886 – 21/5/1891
Muintir Bhaire CC : 1881 – 1886
Notes
He was an uncle of Fr. Patrick O’Leary, C.C., Cathedral – with whom he shares a grave in Glounthaune.
He was known in the Diocese as Tadhg Mór
Appointed Canon of the Cathedral Chapter in 1917.
While parish priest of Muintir Bhaire his work in connection with the Congested Districts Board was a permanent asset to the people of the district.
At Durrus (Parish of Muintir Bhaire) he built the Sacred Heart Church(1901).
Date Of Death
29/8/1928
Place Of Death
Parochial House, Glounthaune. Co. Cork
Place Of Burial
Sacred Heart Church Grounds, Glounthaune, Co. Cork
Obituary
His Lordship, Most Rev. Dr. Cohalan, Bishop of Cork, was the celebrant of the Solemn Requiem Mass. The deacon was, Fr. Patrick O’Leary, C.C., Cathedral (nephew); sub-deacon was, Fr. John O’Mahony, C.C., Cathedral, and the masters of ceremonies were, Very Rev. Dr. Joseph Scannell, President, St. Finbarr’s Seminary and Fr. Denis Murphy, St. Finbarr’s Seminary, Farranferris.
Associated Links
His nephew, Fr. Patrick O’Leary, CC