O’ Brien then left the chair, and his place was taken by Mr. (5) That the above resolutions be published in the principal Cork newspapers, and in the Dublin Evening Post and Morning Register. (4) That respectful applications for contributions be forthwith made to all those who may be supposed to feel an interest in the success of our undertaking and particularly to the nobility and gentry who reside or possess property in our united parishes, and also to the proprietors of all such public establishments as are connected with the town of Doneraile or its surrounding vicinage. (3) That the law of the land having made no provision for building or repairing our houses of worship, and our own means being totally inadequate for the completion of the edifice we have begun to erect, there remains for us no other fund to draw upon, but the benevolence and liberality of our more opulent countrymen of every religious persuasion. (2) That the foregoing resolution be presented to his Lordship on our behalf by our chairman. That the warmest thanks of the town and parish of Doneraile and of the united parish of Cahirduggan are respectfully presented to the Right Honourable Lord Viscount Doneraile for his munificent subscription of one hundred and forty six pounds in aid of the funds for erecting in that town the spacious, magnificent Roman Catholic chapel that is now in progress – the first stone of which was accordingly laid by his Lordship on the 15th. The following resolutions were unanimously adopted: of Doneraile and Vicar-General of Cloyne was in the chair. In the delapidated building at the end of Chapel Lane, a public meeting of the principal Catholic inhabitants of the parish of Doneraile assembled on Monday, Sept. ![]() Within 10 years of his appointment to Doneraile Dr. Croke went on to become Archbishop of Cashel, became a patron of the newly founded G.A.A. So he brought the Christian Brothers to Doneraile in 1870. He did not like Lord Doneraile’s school where the education of Catholic children was in the hands of Protestants. However all this was changed by a very famous Doneraile P.P. Catholic boys were given religious instruction twice a week in their own chapel in Chapel Lane. In 1822, Lord Doneraile built a school in his demesne for over 300 boys. He himself contributed to the expense of building the new convent. Cork outside the one founded in Cork city by Nano Nagle. In 1818 he invited the Presentation nuns to come to Doneraile, where they founded their first convent in Co. On his appointment to Doneraile he quickly set about providing adequate schooling for young girls. of Castlemartyr in 1796 and of Macroom, in a temporary basis, in 1798. He had been educated in France, in one of the Irish colleges such as Paris or Toulouse, and was ordained in 1791 for service in the Diocese of Cloyne and Ross. William O’Brien became parish priest of Doneraile. States that Doneraile had a ‘kind of shed for a mass-house.’ where ![]() In 1731 a ” Report on the State of Popery” Were still observed.The people continued to bury their dead where century.It was not unusual for Mass toīe said where churches had previously existed. ![]() ![]() It is clear from this that there was a strong tradition linkingĭoneraile’s Catholics to the ancient church of Rossdoyle. Their names and years of their ministry are:įr. Three of Eoghan O’Caoimh’s successors are buried within the walls He is buried in front of the ruin of the old churh He was succeeded by Eoghan O’Caoimh who was in charge of the Was a Gaelic poet, and, probably said Mass legally on the Mass Rock He was ordained in Rouen in France in 1669. Registration Act was Tadhg O’Dálaigh, pastor from 1686 toġ717. The first parish priest of Doneraile enrolled under the Laws were (1) The Banishment Act (2) The Registration Act, and (3) The main acts passed against the Catholic clergy under the Penal
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