PRIESTS WHO SERVED IN DELVIN PARISH

PARISH PRIESTS

Six parish priests are known to have ministered in Delvin between 1690 and 1781. The first of these was Thomas Dease, who was succeeded by William Nugent c. 1695. His successor, Patrick Fitzsimons, was recorded as serving in 1704. He was succeeded by George Fleming. A second Fr. Nugent was his successor. He was succeeded by Patrick Ferrall, who died on 19th November, 1781 and was buried in Killulagh.

1781 – 1788  Joseph Ferrall (a brother of Fr. Patrick).
1788 – 1792  Edward McCormick
1792 – 1830  James Moran
1830 – 1847  Joseph Fitzgerald
1847 – 1851  William J. Halligan
1852 – 1857  James Savage
1857 – 1860  John Nicholls
1860 – 1884  William Matthews
1884 – 1889  Joseph Higgins
1889 – 1891  Joseph Coyne
1892 – 1924  Patrick Tuite
1924 – 1935  James Flynn
1935 – 1939  John P. Finegan
1939 – 1945  Patrick Flynn
1945 – 1965  Denis Smyth
1965 – 1979  James Carey
1979 – 1992  Joseph Troy
1993 -           Seamus Heaney

CURATES

1864 – 1871  Peter Murtagh
1868 – 1873  Patrick Muldoon
1873 – 1878  Thomas Cole
1873 – 1878  John Carey
1878 – 1885  Patrick Gough
1878 – 1880  Bernard Halpin
1880 – 1884  William Dermody
1884 – 1888  James Kelly
1888 – 1898  Peter Ledwith
1889 – 1889  John Robinson
1889 -  1890 William Rooney
1891 – 1892  Nicholas Woods
1896 – 1896  John Martin
1897 – 1899  James Clavin
1899 – 1901  Peter Cantwell
1901 – 1902  Matthew O’Farrell
1902 – 1904  Michael Dillon
1904 – 1906  Hugh McGrath
1904 – 1907  Patrick Kiernan
1906 – 1908  Emmet Conway
1907 – 1908  Francis Callan
1908 – 1908  Patrick Giles
1908 – 1915  James Daly
1908 – 1916  Peter Conlon
1915 – 1918  Thomas Caffrey
1916 – 1919  Martin Moore
1918 – 1922  John Cogan
1919 – 1930  William Scully
1922 – 1924  Michael Marry
1930 – 1936  Matthew Clavin
1934 – 1939  William Kelleghan
1936 – 1945  Patrick Rooney
1943 – 1944  Joseph McCarthy
1945 – 1959  Thomas Brady
1959 – 1965  Joseph McCarthy
1960 – 1960  Michael Lynn
1960 – 1961  Thomas Timmons
1960 – 1961  Patrick Deighan
1961 – 1963  Michael V. Daly
1963 – 1963  Edward Daly
1963 – 1963  Michael Sheerin
1963 – 1963  Peter Mulvany
1965 – 1968  Nicholas Dunican
1968 – 1977  Michael Keogh
1977 – 1979  Terence Bermingham
1982 – 1982  Austin Gogarty
1983 – 1998  Eugene O’Reilly