Deceased
Parish Of Birth
Bandon
Colleges Attended
St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth Co Kildare, Ireland
Details Of Ordination
St. Patrick’s College Chapel, Maynooth, Co. Kildare
23/6/1895
Appointments
Monkstown PP : 5/12/1939 – 20/6/1957
Uibh Laoire PP : 17/1/1921 – 5/12/1939
Diocesan Secretary : 11/3/1913 – 17/1/1921
Cathedral CC : 3/3/1912 – 17/1/1921
Bandon CC (Parish) : 21/4/1907 – 3/3/1912
Glounthaune CC : 11/10/1903 – 21/4/1907
Caheragh CC : 2/7/1897 – 11/10/1903
Chaplain, Reparation Convent : 28/7/1895 – 2/7/1897
Notes
He was a cousin of the brothers, Fr. William McCarthy, C.C., Inchigeela (1892-1894) and Very Rev. Timothy McCarthy, P.P., Passage West (1922 – 1941). He was a cousin of Fr. Eugene Murphy, C.C., Clontead (1900 – 1902).
He was the priest who gave the Last Rites to Tomás MacCurtain, Lord Mayor of Cork, who was assassinated by British Crown Forces on Saturday, 20th. March 1920.
Date Of Death
20/6/1957
Place Of Death
Bon Secours Hospital, Cork
Place Of Burial
Sacred Heart Church Grounds, Monkstown, Co. Cork
Obituary
His Lordship, Most Rev. Dr. Lucey, Bishop of Cork presided at the Solemn Requiem Mass. The celebrant of the Mass was, Fr. Edward T. Fitzgerald, C.C., Ballyphehane; deacon was, Fr. Thomas White, Chaplain, St. Stephen’s, Glanmire; sub-deacon was, Fr. Timothy McSweeney, C.C., Douglas, and the master of ceremonies was, Very Rev. Dr. Dan Connolly, President, Farranferris