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Fr Martin Murphy
Fr Martin Murphy was born on 14th April 1929 at Enniscorthy, Co Wexford. He was educated at Glenbrien NS, CBS Enniscorthy, and St Peter’s College, Wexford. He came to Dalgan in September 1948 and was ordained priest on 21 December 1954. Appointed to the Philippines...
Fr Anthony Mortell
Fr Anthony (‘Tony’) Mortell was born in Mallow, Co Cork on 28th August 1935. He was educated at the Patrician Brothers, Mallow before coming to Dalgan in 1954 where he was ordained priest on 21st December 1960. Appointed to Korea in 1961, he was assigned to Kwangju...
Fr Terence Bennett
Fr Terence (“Terry”) Bennett was born in Omagh, Co Tyrone on 15th December 1926. He was educated at Loreto Convent PES, and CBS Omagh. He came to Dalgan in 1944 and was ordained priest on 21st December 1950. Appointed to the Philippines, he was among the pioneer...
Fr James Francis Gavigan
James ('Jimmy') Gavigan was born in Ballyshannon, Co Donegal on 9 April 1927. He was educated at the Convent of Mercy and De la Salle Brothers Schools, and at St Eunan’s College, Letterkenny. He came to St Columban’s, Navan in September 1944 and was ordained priest...
Fr Peadar O’Loughlin
Peadar was born on 1 March 1944 in Loughville, Ennis. He received his early education in the Convent of Mercy and Christian Brothers in Ennis. When he finished school he worked for several years as Office Manager with McInerney Housing Ltd before joining the...
Fr Seamus O’Connor
Seamus O’Connor was born in Tullamore on the 25 February1926. He was educated in St Brigid’s NS and St Finian’s, Mullingar and joined the Columbans in Navan in 1944. He was ordained on 21 December 1950 and was part of the first Columban group assigned to Fiji. He...
Fr Peter Andrew Kenny
Peter Kenny was born in Ballydangan, Athlone, Co Roscommon on 13 July 1933. He was educated at Camcloom NS and St Joseph’s College, Garbally, Ballinasloe. He came to St Columban’s College, Dalgan Park, Navan in 1952, and was ordained priest on 22 December 1958....
Fr Joseph Flanagan
Fr Joe was born in Ballinasloe, Co Galway on 25 April 1936 and he received all his early education there. He attended the Convent school and St Grellan’s and then went to St Joseph’s Garbally for secondary level. He joined the Columbans in Dalgan in 1955 and was...
Fr Michael Sinnott
Michael (‘Mal’) was born in Clonard, Wexford on 17 December 1929 and educated in the CBS and in St Peter’s, Wexford. He joined the Columbans in Navan in 1948. Following his ordination in December 1954 he finished postgraduate studies in Rome before being appointed...
Fr David Francis Wall
Fr David (Davy) Wall was born in Dromcollogher, Co Limerick on 1 April 1927. He was educated at Dromcollogher NS, St Mary’s Secondary School, Dromcollogher, and St Munchin’s College, Limerick. He arrived at St Columban’s College, Navan in September 1944 and was...
Fr Colm Seamus Murphy
Fr Colm Murphy was born on 28 December 1930 in Sandymount, Dublin. He was educated at Dublin’s Model National School and at Belvedere College. He came to Dalgan in 1948 and was ordained a priest on 21 December 1954. After ordination he was appointed to study...
Fr Francis (Frank) Mannion
Fr Frank Mannion was born at Cummer, Corofin, Co Galway on 15 October 1927. Educated at Cummer NS and St Jarlath’s Collegle, Tuam, he came to Dalgan in 1946 and was ordained priest on 21st December 1952. Appointed to Korea in 1953, after language studies he was...
Fr Michael Scully
Michael was born on 13 May 1929 in Ardfield, Clonakilty, Co Cork. Educated at Ardfield NS, St Mary’s Secondary School, Clonakilty and St Finbarr’s College, Farrenferris, Cork, he came to Dalgan in 1948. He spent his first three years of theological studies as an...
Fr Patrick Aloysius O’Conor
Fr Patrick (‘Pat’) O’Conor was born on 14 January 1935 in Wexford. He was educated at Christ the King NS, Cork, St Nessan’s, and CBS Sullivan’s Quay, Cork. He came to Dalgan in 1952 and was ordained priest on 21 December 1958. He was assigned to Korea and spent his...
Fr James Kieran Heneghan
Fr Kieran Heneghan was born on 9 September 1924 in Knock, Claremorris, Co Mayo. He was educated at Knock NS, Casla NS and St Jarlath’s College, Tuam. He came to Dalgan in 1942 and was ordained priest on 21 December 1948. Kieran was appointed to the Philippines...
Fr Donal Romuald O’Dea
Donal (‘Donie’) O’Dea was born on 20 February 1928 in the Parish of Nenagh, Co Tipperary. He was educated in Ballina NS, De la Salle NS Castlebar, Quin NS Co Clare and St Flannan’s College, Ennis, Co Clare. He came to Dalgan in September 1945 and was ordained...
Fr Joseph Dolan
Fr Joe Dolan was born in Aughnasheelan, Co Leitrim on 18 January 1935. He attended Drumbibe N.S. and St Patrick's College, Cavan before coming to Dalgan in 1953. His reputation as a gifted footballer was enhanced during his student years but, as ever, he hid his...
Fr John Silvester McGrath
John Silvester McGrath was born on 31 December 1930 at Carna, Connemara, Co Galway. He was educated at Carna NS, Bangor Erris NS, Charlestown NS, Ballymore NS and St Finian’s College, Mullingar. He came to Dalgan in 1949 and was ordained a priest on 21 December...
Fr Patrick Hurley
Fr Patrick ('Paddy') Hurley was born in Kilcrohane, Co Cork on 27 June 1924. He was educated in Kilcrohane NS and St Colman’s College, Fermoy, Co Cork. Two other brothers, the late Dermot and Gerard were also Columban priests, and his sister Catherine was a...
Fr Aidan Larkin
Fr Aidan was born on 31 March 1946 in the Parish of Lissan, Cookstown, Co Tyrone. He was educated at Lissan PS and St Patrick’s College, Armagh. After Armagh he spent a year in Maynooth before leaving to complete his BA in UCD. Still feeling called to priesthood,...
