Fr Michael Kevin O’Boyle

Fr Michael Kevin O’Boyle

Michael Kevin O’Boyle was born in Quilty, Co Clare on 20th May 1935. He was educated at Quilty NS and at St Flannan’s College, Ennis, Co Clare. He entered Dalgan in September 1953 was ordained priest on 21st December 1959. He was assigned to Chile and, after language...
Fr Michael O’Loughlin

Fr Michael O’Loughlin

Fr Michael O’Loughlin was born on 29th of September 1935 in Drumcliffe, Co Clare. He was educated at Convent of Mercy Ennis, CBS Ennis, and CB Secondary, Ennis. He came to Dalgan in September 1954 and was ordained priest on 21st of December 1960. In 1961 he was...
Fr Paul Kenny

Fr Paul Kenny

Fr Paul Kenny was born in Coolmeen, Co Clare on 29th June 1930. He was educated at Coolmeen NS and St Flannan’s College, Ennis before coming to Dalgan in 1948 where he was ordained priest on 21st December 1954. He finished an MA in Anthropology in Fordham, NY before...
Memories of my uncle Fr Thomas Cusack

Memories of my uncle Fr Thomas Cusack

Fr Thomas Cusack, a Columban missionary executed by Communist forces during the Korean War (1950-53), is recalled by his nephew, Fr Tom Cusack, also a Columban. Fr Thomas Cusack was born at Ballycotton, Co Clare, in 1910. In 1949, he was appointed Vice-Director of the...