Fr Leo Clarke

Fr Leo Clarke

by | Jan 30, 2019 | Gone but not forgotten

Fr Lawrence (Leo) Clarke was born on 12 January 1929 in Delvin, Co Westmeath. He was educated in Ballinvalley NS and St Finian’s College, Mullingar. He came to Dalgan in 1947 and was ordained priest on 21 December 1953. Leo was appointed to Korea where he would spend...
Fr Eamonn Finbarr Horgan

Fr Eamonn Finbarr Horgan

by | Jan 23, 2019 | Gone but not forgotten

Eamonn Horgan was born on 13 October 1929 at Littlefield, Co Kilkenny. He was educated at Clinstown NS and St Kieran’s College, Kilkenny. He came to Dalgan in 1947, and was ordained priest on 21 December 1953 and assigned to Japan in 1954. His next sixty years would...
Fr Eugene Ryan

Fr Eugene Ryan

by | Dec 28, 2018 | Gone but not forgotten

Fr Eugene Ryan was born in Dublin on 25 July 1927. He attended O’Connell’s School and Belvedere College and worked for a while in the Civil Service before coming to Dalgan in 1947. Eugene was ordained on 21 December 1953 and assigned to Korea where the war was...
Fr Patrick Joseph Smyth

Fr Patrick Joseph Smyth

by | Dec 26, 2018 | Gone but not forgotten

Fr Patrick Joseph (‘Paddy) Smyth was born in Athlone, Co Westmeath in 1929. He was educated at Ballina NS and St Muredach’s College, Ballina, and came to Dalgan in 1947. He was ordained priest on 21 December 1953. He was appointed to Japan in 1954 but after...
Fr Patrick Joseph O’Herlihy

Fr Patrick Joseph O’Herlihy

by | Nov 15, 2018 | Gone but not forgotten

Fr Patrick (‘Pat’) O’Herlihy died in St Columban’s Nursing Home early on 13 November 2018. Born in Berrings, Iniscarra, Co Cork on 5 August 1933, Pat was educated in Berrings NS, Presentation College, Cork and St Colman’s College, Fermoy, Co Cork. He came to Dalgan in...
Fr Seán F. Doherty

Fr Seán F. Doherty

by | Oct 25, 2018 | Gone but not forgotten

Fr Seán F. Doherty was born on 22 March 1935 at Knockagulla, Lisdoonvarna, Co Clare. He was educated at Rathbane NS, Lisdoonvarna and St Mary’s College, Galway. He came to St Columban’s, Dalgan Park Navan in September 1953 and was ordained priest on 21 December 1959....