Deceased
Parish Of Birth
Murragh and Templemartin
Colleges Attended
St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth Co Kildare, Ireland
Details Of Ordination
St. Patrick’s College Chapel, Maynooth, Co. Kildare
20/6/1903
Appointments
Retired ex Bantry PP : 31/5/1951
Bantry PP : 29/7/1942 – 31/5/1951
Glanmire PP : 18/7/1939 – 29/7/1942
Goleen PP : 23/9/1917 – 18/7/1939
Kinsale CC : 14/3/1915 – 23/9/1917
Drinagh CC : 1909 – 14/3/1915
Drimoleague CC : 21/4/1907 – 1909
Kealkill CC : 18/6/1905 – 21/4/1907
Chaplain, Reparation Convent : 9/11/1903 – 18/6/1905
Douglas (pro tem) – 9/11/1903
Notes
Appointed Canon of the Cathedral Chapter on the 5/2/1940.
Appointed Chancellor of the Diocese on the 5/2/1940.
Appointed Vicar Forane (V.F.) of the Bantry Deanery on the 29/7/1942.
He was a cousin of Fr. Patrick Aloysius Desmond, P.P., Innishannon and, Fr. Timothy O’Donovan, C.C., Carrig na bhFear.
Date Of Death
1/7/1952
Place Of Death
Mercy Hospital, Cork
Place Of Burial
St. Finbarr’s Church Grounds, Bantry, Co. Cork
Obituary
Solemn Requiem Mass was presided over by Most Rev. Dr. C. Lucey, Coadjutor Bishop of Cork, and was celebrated by Very Rev. Jeremiah Canon Fehily, P.P., Ss. Peter and Pauls; the deacon was Very Rev. Thomas Canon O’Keeffe, P.P., Glanmire; sub-deacon was Very Rev. Edward Canon Fitzgerald P.P., Dunmanway, and master of ceremonies was Fr. Jeremiah O’Mahony, C.C., Cathedral.
Associated Links
His cousin, Very Rev. Patrick A. Desmond, PP
His cousin, Fr. Patrick O’Donovan, CC