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Lorrha Parish Priests
« on: Sunday 02 September 12 21:46 BST (UK) »
Hi,

  Just wondering if there is a resource anywhere for historical records of the Lorrha parish priests? I've recently been able to add one such priest to my tree, but can't pinpoint dates in which he served in this capacity.

  A chance to get a photo of said man would also not go amiss :)

    Stephen
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Re: Lorrha Parish Priests
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 04 September 12 09:57 BST (UK) »
A parish history would undoubtedly have your man. What was his name?

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Re: Lorrha Parish Priests
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 04 September 12 11:58 BST (UK) »
Fr. James Meagher, the chap who wrote this - http://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000019835

Thus we know he was ministering in the 1870s. His sister, who I believe to my ancestor, was born in 1829, so I suppose he was probably around from the 1850s onwards.

I know not of any parish history for Lorrha, though...
Kirkburton Bray Morton Charlesworth Kay Swallow Moorhouse Walker Mathewman
Penistone Micklethwaite
Liverpool Moore Durning
Formby Crookham Birchall Dobb Fleetwood
Childwall Fleetwood Knowles Ireland
Kendal Coulton Derome
Essex Cooper Robinson
Warrington Bleasdale Atherton
Suffolk Death
Lewes Spurgeon Horton
East Lothian Paxton Durkie
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Re: Lorrha Parish Priests
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 04 September 12 12:34 BST (UK) »
Hello,
The parish is in Killaloe Diocese. There may be information at the offices or there are parish contacts. Our local parishes (England) tend to have photos and information about past parish priests.

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Re: Lorrha Parish Priests
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 04 September 12 12:53 BST (UK) »
He was a curate in Roscrea in 1869

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Re: Lorrha Parish Priests
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 04 September 12 13:13 BST (UK) »
Thanks for the link, Heywood. I know that in the neighbouring parish of Terryglass/Kilbarron the author Bridie O'Brien managed to track down some very old photos of the parish priests...but sadly, as I thought, nothing similar has been done for Lorrha...
Kirkburton Bray Morton Charlesworth Kay Swallow Moorhouse Walker Mathewman
Penistone Micklethwaite
Liverpool Moore Durning
Formby Crookham Birchall Dobb Fleetwood
Childwall Fleetwood Knowles Ireland
Kendal Coulton Derome
Essex Cooper Robinson
Warrington Bleasdale Atherton
Suffolk Death
Lewes Spurgeon Horton
East Lothian Paxton Durkie
Edinburgh Blaikie Rollock Livingstone
Chirnside Paxton
Kilbarron Young Donohue Stapleton Meagher Fogarty Gleeson Meara Nevin
Kilsheelan Hennessy
Galway Nevin

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Re: Lorrha Parish Priests
« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 04 September 12 13:40 BST (UK) »
Most parishes have had a history published at one time or another. Next time I'm in Thurles library I'll see if they have one on Lorrha

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Re: Lorrha Parish Priests
« Reply #7 on: Tuesday 04 September 12 14:09 BST (UK) »
Quote from: StephenBray on Tuesday 04 September 12 11:58 BST (UK)
Fr. James Meagher,
we know he was ministering in the 1870s. His sister, who I believe to my ancestor, was born in 1829, so I suppose he was probably around from the 1850s onwards.
This looks like the correct James Meagher
From "Priests Politics and Society in Post Famine Ireland" by James O Shea
Very brief biographical details
B.c.1831 no birthplace listed
died 20 Aug 1880
Education - Maynooth Rhetoric 1851 Ordained 1856
Diocese Killaloe
Ministry CC Roscrea 1862-1876
Adm. Lorrha and Dorrha 1876-1880
It may be worth your while contacting Maynooth to see if they have family details.
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Re: Lorrha Parish Priests
« Reply #8 on: Thursday 06 September 12 20:14 BST (UK) »
I don't have a sub so can't see them in full but there seems to be articles in issues of the Freeman's Journal of the 23 and 27 August 1880 that mention this priest; so shortly after death. You might get family details there. It might be worth a look in whatever the local paper is as well. There is a published history of the diocese of Killaloe by Ignatius Murphy. I don't know if there is an  organised diocesan archive in Killaloe but if so, they would be more likely to have information about him than Maynooth.
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