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L L TWO CENTURIES OF CATHOLIC
BISHOPS OF WATERFORD & LISMORE
(1629-1829.n ..I~I:O\-INCI~\I,LS~IS.\XI) I)I .ir,T#:(3rrs IS MODlCI .It. I [. Gillk Son. I.t I'r11.1.Ikl, TWO CENTURIES OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS OF WATERFORD & LISMORE BY JOHN O'FLYNN Exti- rct ivo~r~letter. received by J. J. O'Flynn, jvorrt 3Jost Rezt.Dv Hackett, Bislzofi of I17aterlord. " The History of the Irish Catholic Eishops during the period treated 11~-you should appeal strongly to e\-el-. Irish Catholic. I am glad you are pro~idingus in your little book with information that is sure to i~istruct ant1 edily. I u-ish it every sllccess. PREFACE. HI5 two ccn~~~ricscovcrccl by thc follon'ing sketches me ill Tn~any re;,- )ett* -;he most tragic bnt withal the most glorious in thc cccic~iasticalIlistory of our diocese and of all Ireland. I)llring tl~czrcate~. ,)art of tlir reign of Qucri~Elizal~th, licr and IIOI,~~~i~listt~rs' ~mlicyto\wi~rls tl~r Catholic Church in Ireland. ai~il c,specii~llyton.ar(ls bisliops and priests, was ji~liclcri ~utrrr1)y c~~lruiin~.sclicll~r.: for " col~wrsion" through hrilwr-!-, titles. ~OPI~IOLIYof state. ctc.. than by the l~lausof hcr sllt.rcssors r'ronl James 1 to George I11 (except for t11r 1)l.ir.f reicn of .Ta~nesTI\. Theirs \\,as a policy of confis- cat iou. nlassacrl*. pr~,sc.ril~tio~~.spoilntion, exile and degrada- tivn. \VatvrTortl <.it\u11t1 tl~r Dioccsc of U'ntcrford and Lis- 111or(>CXI~IC ill trlr ;I 121rge SII;I~Pnf Illp 1~s111tsof these mea- s~~rcstcnwrrls r11~Catllolir~r c~f Ireland Tli(9 tit?- oi Waterford was lrnow~ifar and near, especially during the 17th century, fo:' the ~lnflinchingdevotion of its Catholic citizens to their faith. ancl tlley received very special attention at the hands nf all thosc whose fervent desire it was to stamp out the (?iltllolic religio~i and clear Ireland completely of every Papist, young and old, lay and clerical In the Confederate WR~of 1641 and the nine years following our city was looked to from all over Trclnnd h?- ('atl~olics-whose hopes of deliverance from oppression and persecution, so high at the beginning. werc \raning fast-as the bright spot in the clarlinoss nl1~11tl~cy ft,lt \\.as slo~rlyfalling upon them owing to the bickerings of the Supreme Council of the Confedera- tion, t11~cliffe.~encw on quest~onsof policy between the Wuncio and son~eof il~ebishops. and tlie intriguing and t'lilpori?i~~:~oi tllr " mocl~rate:: ' wit11 Ornionde. Inchiquin and otliew. In ltonir and all ovrr E11rope the great learning. pimy. n11t1;ti7tcc111;rndirip nf i11r \l-adti~n~.s,the Wl~itcs.thr r.ombards. the r'o~nerfo~tlritnd otItcy rcn;i~v~~c:lsilns of \\'ntpy- fmd had ~t~i~deoru, city laiowli /'{,r.vr, /i',,i,in-l,irll(~ ~~lllc Rini~cci~li,the Papal Nunclo t,o thr Crmfederatinn, llas recorded that of all tllc cities 11e visited during his stay ill Ireland \Vaterfortl was tlic olre tltat i~npsessedlli111 mo~t falr01lI';lbl~illld canit. nearest to III!: irleal ,?c ,I ratl~olircity The fame of his frirnd. liiltl~rlr J.II~ The writrr is painfully aIv:Lrc of the scant encoliragcment ihc cfforts r-jicompilers of local 1listoric.s. rcclesiastical or vtl~cr,rcccirc at the hands of the ~cnrralpublic-wm a( tll;? hands oi tliose to who111 onr would naturally look for sllpport ant1 :~l~l~rc,ciutii~n,uiz., tli~ n'rll-tn-[In niwrlmnts anrl i;~rnii.~-s,the prnfrssional clacses, ant1 clc,rlis ln fairly well 1 iiiIlnny rif all cln~.ws~l;linrd :~hovc :voi~lrl think Irdi-:I-i.1on.n or live shilliiigs far too mr~clito pay for any of the va1usl)lc works named above, but they ~oultl have no hesitation about spending as many pounds at :r horse-racing or c,o~~rsingn~ecting, or some other form of s1,ilr.r I irilin J.ct us llul)~ilia1 a bcttcr time is coming. ;rrl1l thi1t 111tb ~nn~~ifcstationsof tlrc 11cw soirl tlrnl Ira.: conw iuto L~~lir~rdwlii~.J~ vc see all i~rolr~icl11s at prusent. will, ill tl~r)mar Ent~~re,rcsull in blessi~igour ~011ntrywith R sober, c~~lturecl,stlidious, ancl truly patriotic proplc who, in thcir Icis~ircholrrs, will strtdy with intcrcl and pleasrw her history, language, and literature, and dcrivcl inspiration to work for the iiocial. intellectual, and l~i:rtcrialuplifti11:- of thcir r~:~ti\vlirl~cl. fro111 the Icssons r~i th~,livcs n~itllwroit: sacrificsrs lor Faith. C'ouscicncc, m~tl F;~tllcrlnnclof (llc mcn RII~W~I~PII ~110 \rent bcforc the111. JOHN O'FLYNN. DR. PATRICK COMERFORD IL. Patrick Coinerio~cl, ~vlio was Catholic Bishop of I\-strrford and Lismure lrlilii 1C9 to 1652. and llii aucce-sox, Dr J01111 Ijwilali, were in many respects ?!I,: t\ro nlost ilotablt. 1)rclates that eyei, ruled the ancient Diocese of SS. Ottertul and Carthage. Dr. Comerfoul was born ill 11-ateriord about 1686, and was son of Robert ('r~nierforcl and ihastasia Wliite. The great Luke Wadding, :I life-long friend of Dr. Con~criord,was 1mr11 in the same city two years aftr~.nards(1568j. Dr Coliierford's noth herwas a fnit,!~,fulfricnd to the persccutecl p.riests of those dark days. ai~tl11cr sun, Patrick, the subject of our sketch, ~eccivcd Ilia early iust,ruction in religion and the rudiments of t,iluc.ntion fro111 Father Dermof O'Callaghan, one of the pricsts sllelterccl by his motlrer. He went to the famous school kept at Killicnll~r by Peter White, and liad there :LS his fello\\--pupils Luke Wadding, Peter Lombard, Riellard Staililli~rst and otliers. w111). 111 later years, bccame nicn of Europ~nn Fanic. as scholars and churchmen. From lilllrenny Iic n-cnt to a famous college at Lisbon, established fo! tht* cdrrcnt~oil of Irish priests by the Cardinal kwh- hi.ihop of Rordeaux. He entered the Sovitiate of the 1\1121111 Her~~litiat Lisbon, :lnrl w:ls orclilind priest in 1610:' :md in the follo~vingyear took up the Chairr of Theolo-9 at the college af the Austin Hermits at B~ussels. He went tc) Rome a fen- yare later to attend a general Chapter of hi; Order. and was appointed by Pope Paul V to the post ~vfPrior of the monastery of the Canons Regular of St. A~lgnstineat Kells, County Kilkcnny, founded by Geoffrcy FitzRoLcrf in 1103. T11c lnon~~stcryat Iielle, like :dl the Irish ~uonasteries of the period. Ilad been stripped of it8 ten~por:llities, but continued to occupy an important position in tl~eC!atllolic liita of Ose-ory and Ormonde Tliu once stately monastery, \vitll 119 splcndid church. was then lands llor revenues, aucl ~wrci1111ays facing banislin~c~~lor cl~~~tll.Father Colucriord IIP~~tu cr~rl~c to IVatcriord fronl liells II~C~I~;III occa.sio11~111y. a11c1 ill CIIIC 01 111s V~S~LSIII\ learnecl tl~i~ta brotl~c'r oi liis had Iwen captured by an ;\1:cri11~ cruiser a~iclcarried ufi to Mapdor to be sold a6 ;I slnvt~. F;~tlicr Coli~erio~d5c.t out at once for Spain to enli..t 111tm aicl of the Trinit~~ri:in~no~ilis for the seclemption #,i hi. broilier out of tlir hil~icls of tlic barbarian raiders. He io~indIlis brotllcr at Gibraltar, but hc died mm after l~:itli~.~.('on~c~.ford's .~~,riral. Fatlux Col~iel-ford hen lw~- cecclitl to Ro111e to attcild lo some nlatters rclatil~gto thc Irlsh .\ilps~illi:~ns,ancl tllerc lic li.arned that Popc U.I~~I 1'111 intcntlccl to nppoint 11im Blahop uf Waterford al~d Li.~ni,~r~?.whirl1 diocew llncl bccn for marly gear..: a-ithollt n bisllol). T11e Sre of n'atc.~.iorclancl Lismore n.x at that t.i~ne(1623) poor and pcrsec~~tvd,and its futurc bishop Iincw too wcll tl~ciiardships. l~cracc.utiolie, and i~mui~ie~~trkli oi life that awaited him ill 11i~11~~ clignity of c11icF j~asto~ oi' liis natix-c diocesc \vlii~.l~Imtl bvt~iwill~oi~t. :i 1;ixliop smce the cleaili in 1578 of Dr. Patl.iclt \I-alsli. Tlr. C'omerim5d [\-as eonsccratecl Bishop ot' \\'i~tcrfortl and Lic~t~l?wat St. Sylvc-stcr's. Roine, in ILarvh. 1829. Amongst tll~wpxsent :it his consecration was liis fi~llun-citizen. Fatlier T,uke \Y:~~lding,wl10 n.ns then Cii~nrtlinnof thc Fr:~nci~canC'l~~~rch o! St I~idore.Romc, mcl I~ad gainccl world-wide rellcrwn :IS i~ \vritpl- a~iclscl~ular, Dr. Cc~n~c~rfosclarrii-t.tl ill \I-atcr- idal)o~~t two months wftcr llis consecr:~tiul~,n111.l sct at once abo~~ttl~c discharge of his el~iscopalduties. Hr nw; i loselg n-atel~rd by the bigatc4 Lords Justiccfi, Sir Adant Loftus. :~nd Boyle. Earl nf Cork. and hy the Protc~tnnt l~i~Ii(ll)"ol \\-atcrforil. Rr~ylc;\IK~ Athi.rtoll;' ~110l~i~l~.~(>d - - ~ 'hlichncl Eovlc was IJ~.otc DR. JOHN BRENAN (Bishop of Waterford & Lismore, 167 I - 1677. Archbishop of Cashel, 1677-1693,) HE See of Katerforcl and Lisnlore was without a Catholic . 'T Bishop iron1. the death in 1652 at Nantes of Dr. Comer- ford mitil the appointment of Dr. John Brenan in 1671. Dl~ringtliese 19 years the vacant See was administered by the Rcv. Robert Power, Dean and Vicar-General, a kinsman of th(. Ponc.rs Raroi~sof Currngl~inore. The delay i11 appointing a successor to Dr. Coiiicrford will be easily imderstood by tile st~~dent.of tlic Croii~wellitm and the Restoration periods of Iris11 history. He \\.ill lrnow of the appallin? state of misery and poverty 10 nliicli the Catholics of lliis and every othrr Iris11 diocese had 11ec:li ~ed~lcedduring the Cronimellian wars :rnd tlic following yeam. Indeed it might be said that Cruniwcll lcft no Catholic flock in this or any other diocese tli~,ongliwl~ieh he l~asscdfor bishop or priest to aclminister to. Those wllo were not slauglitered or sent as slaves to the Barbadoes were banislied to the bogs and inountains of Connacht. An order was issued in 1651 directing all the Trisli and Catholic inhabitants of Waterford to quit the tow11 within three months, and so complet'e was t,he clear- ance that sollle years later Waterford was declared to have "no natural Irish in it." A census of Waterford taken in 1658 showed there were only 950 people inside the walls of \S7aterEord. Of these 538 were foreign adventurers-mostly English-the resf being menials-and therefore could not he dispensed \vith, had been permitted to remain in the conquered, plundered and despoiled city. (For nn excellent account of the C'romwellian period in Waterford and the condition of the city during and suhequent to the siege nnrl swrenrler. SPP Mr. E. Downey's " Story of W~t~rford.", l'llc appalling ,condition of Wnt~rford(,itl, after the scourgc. ni Crom~elland Irrtoll was t>-llicnl of the entire diocese ;11itl of almost. all Ireland. .' Stern gloom il1~1d~.;i~li~tio~l wrc o'er tbc rnoui~!aill and the valc. Alld thc \vilCl hare i,ri,ligllt ior~hher young on the hcarthstonr* [if tll,, C;i~l." r.a~.gesunis of nloiilA!- ncrc offrrctl ior the apprehension of :I ~'~~tl~olicpr~est. md s11i.11 ;I 1.al.c. catch as a Catholic bishop i!~\T7atrlforcl 01. c1~~~whcl.1.I?-o11li.i fctcl~ a miall fortulle ur ~wrliapsa big elicc of onc of ill,, confiscntctl estates for the i~~t'orlnerIY~IO ~voiild dc1ivc.r hin~into thc hands of the pious itnTllp Hcsto~.atic~uin 1GGOant1 thr accession of the proiiijiati~ C31arle.s I1 h~o~iplltlittle or no relief to the I at holies oi Ircla~lil. It n~cl~lyabolished C~omu.ell's L'ui3tnnisn1 ;ind L'r~~sl~yt~l.iaili.:i~~and reslored the tvealtli :mcl ponll~(if thr T:pi>copal Pro~estalltChurch in England and ~roli111il Ilerlce i!. rill 1~1,~~asily understood why fro111 tl!i, fiigl~lillto F1-anre in 16.70 oi 111.. Co~i~erforcl11nti1 1671. 11) attenil'l \\.as iili~dc to apl,oint n Catholic bishop fnr Katerfold P~u~iilgil~cst. t\\.ri~ty-one years the affairs of thr' diocese \\-ere Io~ltetlalt~r hh- Vicars-Gencrxl in so far as tliey could dart: ro ;~ttc~~clto allything relating to thc ('atllolic Faith and C'atliolic ~vorship. The celebration of Nass, the instructioil of thc faithful, administration of the Sacrunents, etc., 11x1 to bc cnrrietl out with the strictest -wrccj- in the ~voodsand in fric:ncllq- houses, and att,endecl hy cvwy coneei~~ablehai.ilsllip aurl danger At length. \rllen it was felt that t,here was a ~lackcningof the reins of proscription and pcrsec,ution. it \\-as clecided to attempt ~IJ prouicle Catholic bishops for wrne of the long-orpbane:. tlioceses. The Holy Src, in response to n petition horn ii S~~tional$3-nod 01 111~Irish bishops held in Dublin on June 19th, 1670. derided to appoiilt Dr. John Ercnan to the long- ~rantSee of Waterlord ant1 Lismore. His appointment as I~ishopof our diocese was clrcrccd by Propagand'a on May 12th. 1671. and hc was consc~r.~.~tcdin Rome the snmc year. Dr. ,John Brenm ivas born in Kilkenny city 111 1625. Hc belnngecl to the old 0:soq- clan of the O'Brenans of i'i lhacl~. I-Tc and Olire~Pl11111ictt the marty.ecl Arcll- 18 €,i>lic~])(if Arinapli. :~cco~npiiniedhather Scarxinpo from I~,cla~tdto Iiouir: ill 1646. F:rtlicr Scaranipo came to Ireland i1,o11iRome on :I ii~isslc~uto tllc Catholic Confederates about; \\11~1111\\-(' IID~:I pood d~';alt1.1 say in our noticc of Dr. ( ~IIIC~CIII.II,Jo1111Ijr~lili~l~ was al~olitciglltcen years old and Olir,..~T'll~nlrrtt sixtwn !;ears 11-hen they left Irel:~ndfor 1Zr;nit.~vit!~ F,lt Iim Sc.arainl~o.I.;~tci on, us wc sllall see. \vhei~ D;. 131,c.r1;1n11nJ to 11:- to SRVC 111s lift?. fro111 Watl~iord tlinwsr.. 11c f111inc1sl~c~ltcr at thc home or" his old iriend, 0livc.r Plu~ilrctt.1r.1io hi~d1)ecome Archbishop of Armagh. I:] 1657 1)~.13rci1an \I-:IS:~l~l~oilitecl I'rofessor of Pliilos~phyin 111t. I'~~ol)ngni~du('ollepc. and in 166(i hc was advancwl to tllr ('11;1irtd 'l'l~eologyill tliv same renowned Collegc. He n1s11Iitlltl tllu l~osit'ionof :r:rei~tof thc Irish clergy in Rome, 1.) n-liicli 11c was appointrid in 16661on the promotion of his trlr,11([.Oli\-r~i. I'lu~ikott. to the Archepiscopal See of Armagh. 131.. I:~c~~alrsct IIII~ior il~cDioccse of Xaterford soon after lli> cr,nct:crutiou to~\-ardsill? end of 1671, and arrived in \\':~ti,~il~idcity early ill 1672 Hc set irninecliately about 1-i.itiiig I Ile llarislir~sof t11c Dioccse, ordaining priests, 1:11-11aii.1intli11.r liimsclf 1111saFcin any part of oiir Diclccse. I~eri.11,. was Ii~uit,ecldon-11 xi- corry turn by sl~ics,lice1 tr) A1miad1 ;~iitl \r.;?s s1icltc1.1-dIJ~ his old fricnd. Arcllhisllul~ I )li~r~Pl11111;r-.tt. Ert, Iring the stor111of lwsecution spivad to Arnragll. mtl 1)i l'li~iil;c:tt and Dr. Brenan had to go into Ilidin~.'I'llrl terrible ~)liplltof the t\vo prelates during the tinw tl~rj-~r.cr~l " 011 t!lc run " is vividly set forth in Dr. J'lnnlictt's Icttcrs to I'ropaga.nda cluofctl in the Rer. Dr. C'nrrirnn's History n:lrl Aiiticj~iitiesoi the Diocese of 0sshry. 1)~1'111111i~:tt \v~oLc:-" .l ;LIII 111 COII~~~~~L~III~~IL,:III(I 1j1'. Brei~nn,Eishol, of Watcriorcl, is wit11 1111'. . .\ sccrct ordcr was giwu to all nl:~gistratcs and sllcriffs that thc, tletectivos were to seek IIIII, l)~tllill the cities Ihro11~1101rt the country. ill(%oilier bis11ol)s ;rnd the regulars. 1Vhci1 \vcm llcard this 011 Suntluy. 18~11illsl.. niter rcspcrs. \vcs llccniec~ it ncccssrlrv to taltc to OIII. 1tc~'ls. 'I'11~ mo\\- E~llllcavily lnised wit11 Ilailstuncs \vlli~~Il\vc,~.c \,cry I~artlailcl lurgc; R c~tttingnortli \rill(( III~~\\.ill tiLlr i;~ccs,and tlicb sl~o\\-and hail bcnt so tlr~~atllully111 (1111. eyes tl~tto the preseiit \\I. arc sci~rcelynble to sco I\-itli L~~~'III.Often \vc ~r'crc,ill tlnnger i~itho viilll!y ui being lost illtll z~rffocntcclill the suo\v." 111 1074, 011 tlw cleat11 oi Dl..I 11i C'nsllol, tile " Po])i.;l~ Plot " 11uq1ortctI to hnvc been cliscovcrctl ill England by t11cz ili~rcl)uti~blcTitns Oatcs and tl1~9n.rctc.Irvs. Caretaiw ant1 I3t~lloe.\Y;IS rnatlc the tis~:ust7 Tot. n lierccl onslnuglit oil tllc Cl;rtllolics of lrelund, thc bishops ttnci ihi. regular clergy beil~gsingled out' for special at.ten- lion. Tile Colrncil of .Ircl:~ntl111d 011 14th October, 1G7$, :mtl ~SR\ICC~n proclaimtion comal;\t~rling'"11 titular popish I)~rl~ol)sirnd dignitaries, and all otllcl;~cwxising cca1csin~- ficiil jnrisdiction by autlturity from t11t1 Sce of Romc, all Jcsuits :~ndotlier regular 1)ricr.t-," III t1~1m1.lfronl the King- don1 Before 20th November follov ing. reward of L10 n.aa offcrcd for the capture of a bishop and 25 for that of a pxieet nft~srNovcmbcr 20th. Orders were also issuecl that. all " pcbl)iul~societies, seniiaaries, and convents and schools rhoultl bc Portllvitll clissulvecl and utterly suppressed," and '. all ~~~nsal~ouscsnncl lncetir~gs for popish services " n-cro lw r.upprcssctl. \\':iterfor(~ und Clonmel were mentioned :lii:l!ng thc t17w11sin which "too many precautions coulJ not bc ti11w11:' to rigorously enforce the enactments of the Council 111. 13rcna11, like his friend, Dr. Pluukett of .-\rnla,rl], (lid uot obry tlic nrdcr to leave the king don^. His n~ovonicnts i11 tlw Ilio(.~s~~of C':ISIICI and Wateriord wcl.v c.loxly ni~~cli~rl:ind reported upon by the wretclicd inf'onnt.1,~._\Ic?T~~ninrn. Fitzgeralcl. aud Nasll; but, altllougll 111s activit>-was fclt cvcryrhern tlirougliout the diocese, liic p1uc.c (~iliiding n.:~11cvcr clisc.overec1 by the informers or their i~iaslers. 'UIC learned nuthor of the " Parochial History of \Vatcrfortl and T.isniorc " says he probably fot~ntl iheltcr at C~~rrngl~u~orrand Iiilcash and in the mood of Rrl~illi!ild( r tl~csl~:~tlo\\~ of LIIP Ii~~oclmeaIdown nio~~ntains. 111 1685. o11 tliv i~cccssionoi J:IIJI~SII., the Catholics of Ir~lnn!l 1~1:licrcclthat the IOng dark niglit of proscriptiou illltl prwcutinl~\\,as nb~ut.to end. During that and the ft,llowil~cil~r~c !-cars Dv Brenan, likc other Irish bishops. ;Inw ~orpinfo t11~npcll, and in October, 1685, he convened n Yl~ovincial Synod at l'hurlcs In the sketcl~of Dr. Hrenau in tlint wry val\~i~blc>book " Collections of Irisl~ Church History." by thc Rcv. Dr. Renelian, there are given :ilnongst n goo11 (leal of wry interesting nltzttcr relating to Dr. Rrct~an.tlic tl(wecs of that Synocl, in which he sought tc rcst'orc to tl~cpcople of t11c clinccses over whicll lie ruled .-me c!f their loig-dcnicd rights-to hear Mass, receive instr~~ctio~~~ant1 tlic Sacrailients \~ifllsome degree of safety mdt.ollliort, ctc.. Ki~irr.J:t~rlon 11. granted to Dr. Bl.cnnn, out of thc Irish I~T~II~IWwcl out of thc Church properties r~~~juetlyseizcd by ;I suc.ccssion of I'rotestallt Arcl~bisliopsoi Cadlel. froin 31-ler 3IcGrntl1 oi~~itrd~,a pension of £200 :L year. This 11c probably tlrcn. r~niil1600. He was o~leof f11e Conimin.ioners ajqwintctl to Ax tl~ctcrllls whicll sho111d 1w dem:~nricd in conncclioit with thc I~istnricTreaty, alltl DR. PIERSE, DR. LLOYD, DR. CREAGH, DR. WM. EGAN. N Dr. Urenaii's death, Rev. Paul Bellew was clectecl 0 Vicar-Cnllitular of the c1iocene, uiid continued to act 11.1 that capacity rintil the appointnlent of the Rcv. Dr. Hicllorcl Picrse as Bishop of \Tnterford and Lismore in 16.36. Dr. Pierse \\as n native of hrdlcrt, Co. Icerry, and the ilanlc is still CO~II~IIOIIin the district and in other parts of Iccrrg. Or. Pierse, we leamrnfrom that very 11seful work, " Parochial. History oi \Yate.rford :ind T.is~norc," iuicl iron1 " Two LxL ('cntury Risllol,s of \\!utcrlorcl " (Dr. Bicharcl Piersc ai~cl I)r. Sylvcstcl. Lloyd). rontril)~~ttrtlto the Wnterfurcl Arcliieologicnl Journ~Iin IS97 by Dl' \Y. H. Grattan Floorl and Rev. Dr. Carrigan, had been an army c.liaplain in the service oi Kill% James II., who nominated him for the Sce of \Vaterford and 1,islnoro as early as 1694. 1)r. Picsrsc followed his royal ~nnstcr into exile, and 1,,.111aincdntt;lcllcd t~)the C'onrt iron1 1690 to 1696. He was a grad~~ateof tlw Sorbonnc. Pwis, and was only . tllirty-fvc years old when he was appointed Bishop of our cli~cese. Soon after liis consecration, ominy to the relentless b~gotrywith which thc Catholic bishops were pursued in tilose claps. Dr. Picrse had to fly to Fnance. His associn- i,ions with the army of King Janles laid him open fo gmw .;uspicion on the part of thc Protestant Ascendancy. Wc gct glimpses of him in France np to 1716. .Scarcely Inore tlrm three or four bisliops remaincd in heland after the Statute of 1697 ordering all tlic bisliops to leave the Kinp- tlom. Dr. Pierse held ordinations in Waterford in 1695, and in Tllurlcs in 1700, hilt tlicrr arc no records of episcopnl !!.rrli to show th~thc wm in Irclnncl after the latter date. 'I'lirec notorious pricst-hunters. named Tyrell, Dawson, ancl 3lcGrntl1, gave inf~~rniationthat Dr. Piersc was in hidini. iil Tiilcnsli nca~Sliwnlnunon in 1713, Many a lluntetl 3Ias ~.<)~~~trrtha;(I. i:asb~lg I~l~citli oc~~n~naitlc c.omsinsa~Ir, JIOI~IIRtlait.li~i~mhai1 ~t\i~nllil~~~li ~iminrighlnc11 Folgac~li grv:~nnnihar taithnrnn~hncll binn briathracll lbbllci~Fotlla 11arra don tsag:~rt(lo Gloir~nPhinraia. 'i'l~cal)ovts vrCrscwils copi~d~IOILI ,111 Ir1sI1 MF. h!; Filt.11~1. 1l;rgnu~O'RI~II~~W. \vt~oprobnbly linl.\\: Dr. Pierar IV~CI~!!c \vns :~ttaclwcl to tllc court of Kine Janles at Paris 'L'hc MS. is in the Library ot the Flmciscnn Convcnt. 3Eerchalits' QII;~~,D~lblin. Until 1739 thi* Tlcv. Willianl O'3Iara. ait'erwards Bishop of I 11:. Peter C,rcaglr, Dean of Limerick, was appointed Coadjutor to Dr. Lloyd in 1746, and was consecrated the same year. Dr. C'rcagh, like his predecessors, fovntl \17aterforcl city then onc of tlw grcntest' stro~~gliold~oi Protestant Asccnclancy in Irclnnd and all unsaic p1at.r: in which to lire :und froin 1~hjc11to arl~ninister the diocc,sr.. and he took 111' his rwidcnce in Corricli-on-Suir in a small Ilouse at Wcstgatr. no\\- tl~ebusiness pren~ises of 3Jr.s Henebry. Dr. Creagh was a ~ostzealous bishop. Hr tool< ~cbarccly any part in sccttlar affairs, but clevotccl Ilin~seli DR. HUSSEY, DR. JOHN POWER, AND DR. ROBERT WALSH. I)r. l R. Robert WalsIi, as stated previously, died in Rome on D 1st October, 1821. He had to go to Rome on some matters regarding his administration tl~atgave rise to unrest and dissatisfaction in the dioccsc. Although he was a man of the most absolute integrity, piety, and excellence of character, he lacked the firmness and judgment so essential in a bishop in dealing \\MI the various matters, lay and clerical, that confront him in his administration of his cliocese. When a bishop dies at Rome the Holy See can, without any reference to the clergy of the vacant diocese, appo.int his successor. As a rule, however, before the Propaganda and the Pope appoint a bishop in such n case, an intimat,ion is sent: to the clergy of the cliocesc, tlirough the Vicar-General, oi the person intellded to be appointed bishop. A letter dated Rome, October 211d, 1821, was sent to Rev. Dr. Garrett Connolly, Vicar-General of the Diocese of Waterford and Lisnlore, stating that. if the clergy met and postulatecl for the Most Rev. Dr. Patrick Kelly, Bishop of the Diocese of Ricl~imnd,Virginia, U.S.A., then but a, short. time formed, where Dr. Kelly had been for about taro years, he \~ouldbe created Bishop of Waterford. The priests of Waterfold gladly postulated for Dr. Kelly who was known to most of tlicm during his time in the adjoining Diocese of Ossory prior to his nppointlnent as Bishop of Richmond in August, 1820. Dr. Kelly was .accordingly translated from Richmond to Waterford and Lisinore by Brief dated February Sth, 1822, and, on his arrival in the city of Waterford, in July of the same year, he was accorded a great reception. Before proceeding to deal with Dr. Kelly's arrival in lvatcrford and the great event in the history of our county within which he took such a manly and memorable part, viz., " The Stuart Election," we shall give a few biographical details of the last of the bishops of our diocese who lived under the shadow of the Penal Laws. 1)r Patrick Kelly was born in 3lauclli1l Strcct, Kilkcl~~iy. I I 79 Aitcr llnvllig spent some tinlc at ti 1.lasici11 rcliool at Lisdownep, and at the old ncade~~ly. Liillienny, he cntercd St. Patrick's College, Lisboii, in I797 ;ind n.ns orchined Ilicre in 180.3. I-Ic filled tllc Cll& O[ ~'~oII~BoL.01 1'hilo~opl~~- at Lisbon Collegc for t~oyears :I~~YI hi.: orclii~alion.~he11, on.ing to ill-liealtll, 11c returllccl to hi-. ti Sic. He served :is C C. 111 thc cliocesc u~ltil1811, \\.IIG\~lic n';~? rtppnintccl Profcesor nf Philosopl~y.and latei, on I-'m~eesnrof :I'heology at Bi~~cllficltlCollcge, Killrenny, wllicll a.a,-. then i1w ccclesiastlcal college of Ossory Diocese. Hc Il?.c:~lnt.L'rcsitlcnt oE tlx college in 1816, and in 18'20 he was Dr. Kellj-'s encrgy and great administrative abilities were soon evident in every phase of the work of the diocese. 'l'he Catholics of Ireland, although not, then finally c-tnililcipateil from the oppressive and degrading Pei~al'Laws that had scourgeil nncl persccntecl them for moye than 200 ycars. 11;1d got.. during the precccliilg twenty ycars, though the efforts uf Edrnuncl Burke, Grattan, Flood, and othcya. measures of dief that cnahled them and t,heir bishops atla elerpp to come out into the open without fear oi persecution :mcl to iuil)rove their churches, educational institutions, ancl ~ocixl and com~ncrcial standing. They were engagcd. !~encled by Daniel O'Connell, in the great' struggle for cwnlplctc r~ligious and civil freedom that had such a clarions culmination in 1829 with the passing of the I<~nancipationAct. The Catholic Association vas formed 1,:- Danicl O'C'onnell ancl Richard Lalor Ehiel in 18W,thc ycar after Dr. Kelly arrived in Waterford. The County \Yatrrfortl clcctioll of 186 gave the Catholic Associatioli a chance of trying its strc-ngbh and testing thc Catholic voters .' 'lhom:~. Wv,c. 3 nncinLcr ut the family of rhc U:yse> of the 31;lnor of St. I '.:I \T.i~crtorrl.s-;olc.:t"Hrstorr- of rhcCatholic .\ssocintloll."srhicl~ \CIS pul;li,hed ili twr,~rl... bv 11, mwi Collm;~l. 1.m.clon. in tR251,afc~n1011th~RC~~,I thcC~tho!ir :II~.I~I. tiI . I In vol. Icpp. 262.290) Air. Wysc rircs a full nnrl vcl-5. lilteiestlll.: zccl,ili:~ of tbr " Stusrt Election" of 1826, and ill vol. I1(;lppenrlic) thc , \-..I. of ~l:cBlcctim .\~\dre,,e~oi Mr. Villic~\SIU~I.L :LIIII Lord GCO~SClj~r~.~tord. \V. s~re~igtllnl~cl vournge lo tl~c1)tmlrle ~11o\vuulcl I~aveto .-i~crificc, nl l tl1c.y llad lor volii~g ayuin.5~ l3creafr1r~1IIII[L I'l,utesta~~i.\scc~icInncy. It 1s relutLd 111~1111~5 ~ra~rcI'kc1tilty ~~iilesout of 111srotid UII~Iday lo )ll,oc.llle tile title dccclh of !\YO frceliolclc~~swho \vc~.c?tci vot, 1'111.~11e (:;l(ltulic came. 1)r. Kelly was ably i~ssisicclby LIICpricsts of tlic clioccsc, :~r~tl.~lccelless to .iiiy, O'C'onnc~ll'sqcat coltrage, ulspirlng . . ~doqur~~cc.,and in:-clnic~~~sorgLuli;.111g po\vcrs were :r hig ~)erl~i~ps~)ro~llc,tcd 1nuw t1ia11 imy other C'atl~olic:bisl~ol) tlle c,;u~sc)I)! t111-. T,iberal Pnrty. So ]r~~c*l;~lewer ;~pplied11i111self \ritl~11101.~ c'nergy lo tl~ospirit~ii~l i~~tcrest II~ his flock, allti Dr. Kelly lived to see tlle passing of Catllolic- Emancipation in 1829." H died OII t11~8th October in tliat year, and is buried in Waterford C'atlledral. With llir~l ended the two centnries of Catholic Bishops of Waterford ancl Lisnlore begiiming with Dr. Con~erford in 1629-1632, and ending with Dr. Kelly ltrP2-18'20-tn-o centuries during which the Catholics of Irela~icl n-cre rcl~ntlessly persecuted and proscribed, ,but from which they emcrgecl t'riulnpl~al?t and free The following is a list of tlic. Catholic Bishops of the diocese aftcr Dr. Kelly Dr. Willi:~in Abralian1-iS30-IS:17. Dr. Nicholas 13'0ran-1837-l%5. Dr. Dominick 0'Eric.n-l&S-1373. Dr. John Po~ver-1873-W8i. Dr. Piers?. Po1ver-lSi57-1PP!r. Dr Jolin Eg;u~--1989-1891. Dr. Richard A. Shcelian-1P92-1915. 1)r. Bcrnartl Haclret~ aj)~mintecl L.'c.b~.uar:-, 1916, con- secrated Narc.1~19th. 1916. Diocese of Waterford & Lismore. LIST OF BISHOPS BEFORE DR. PATRICK COMERFORD (1629-1 652.) c,!l~:[iC~~tc~l~\x--I, separate and entirely inclepenclent cliocc..~~ II.,ti, I 11~>-car 13W. \vhcn ~!lc.ywrrc u11i~r.dIIII~P~ one bishop ,,.I 111~. I{,,:II~~,!I' I \\..~t!-rt~ri,l0111!-. 'l'lie, 5-v (3: I.~SIII(I!L~1v.1,~ ~+tii:~Ii~l~!~~i :1l)0111 ti:30 by St. C'artl~age.and that of Wilterford ill 111!15 I,>- 1\11, Ijaiics. Tllr Diocex of Idismore colnprisrtl prn1.- 1 ir.;rll:i nll f l~r~i~.ct'llt united dioccsca, \vi~ht11~. cxccptiol~ 111, ('I:). [,I \\-;~trrF~~~cl, . and YOI:L!III~1l,-1,dist~.i~!.% lo I)III~III,i,,, I<;i?t,I':I\.>I~P I raI~>nr~. i111tI liil1111*;i11o11'I'IIII~ 11 1:. ill 11~.-<~,II tl~;i{ \\'aterinr~l I)iocv>~,I-, ;I.< \.c>I,~si11;111 I,XI I I is I I I tiI!I" ,.II\- '171~.I),!!~CS ~t \\~;itcli~~~~Ol)iiic,!,<~, jd IIQ lo\,, i~~r I~I,,;I('c.lti~ I,I'I'~!~~I~~UI.; In tllr. I)io(.~~ic~; 1 I.~-~IIII.c.i~i!tl ( J..vII.>- 1,ikc (11~I'I~IIRA (81' 111~l~Iin.ll~(tv ,+II~ 111c-ir fir::! l;i4,,~1.U;~IC~IIII.. 10 <'t~~~ti.rln~ryfor w~nswr;ttinn instca~l r~iII,IYJIIP 11il11 ~.o~~st.rrai~.d1)y the Arrlllrkhop of Cilsh~l IT \\;IS 111irin: thc I I!~OII:~III/+ (11 1110 l'~d~,ta~it:: at the tinlib of thr 13ei1.11.111ntioii. 01, 1111 :~.-c.c.. I I I 1 1ri1t itail 1'11~ prcscnt 'at II~IIII('~1t111.1lral ill R~~~I-IESIra11d Strret, \Y:~terforcl~W:IS 1)1111t 1793 at :I C~IS~of f20.000 r:iaitil by the pcoplr oi 11,(. ,lin~.~.s~,.1111:tr :IS \rcll as r1r11. In I'il\ll lli~C:xll~~li~..~ r:i \\'ateriortl \\.ere given perlniseio~i to erect a small chapei at Rail(>y'sLanes. \rllicl~ ucr~~~pircll~art of the sitc of thc l'rescnt Calllcrlral C.'li~uch The foundation stone of St .John's C'olleg~.John's Hill, was laid on 27th October, l86& St. C)ltr!,nn's I)ay 1)s-t11c Xost Rev. Dr. Doininiclr O'Baieli. 1:isliop of tlic diocesc. am1 the college was opened in 1871. '11~collegc cost E23,UIlO. The late Right Rev. Monsignor Ylynn, P.P., Ballybriclren, raiscd L4.000 towards the cost 6~ferecting tllc c111lcgc durir~ga wry successiul tour in .\~nc~ica.'I'hc bnhncc was subscribed by the bishops. pricsts, and peol)le of the cliocese. Its first president mas thc lntc Very Rev. Canon Dclany. D.D., who died in (hrricli-on-S~~irill May. 191G. The old college stood r~n ('ollcgc Rnad \I-llere the Good Shepherd Orphanage no^ stands All tllc C!atholic r111ucli~sin the diocese except 5t Patrick's and the Cathedral, Waterlord, are 19th century struct~u're. Tl~eyrrplaced thc old thatched chapels of thv roit For ful.tlirr information 011 the parochinl l~istoryoi olir diocese during the 18th and 19th century, thp rrnclo is rctfcrwd lo that ~-c>rginteresting and informinz ~orl;. " l'srui.lli:~I History of Waterford and Lismore " p111)liaiicd hy AJ,,ers N TTarwy nncl Co., Katcrforcl. at 3,'- BISHOPS OF LISMORE DIOCESE From 630 to 1362. (From Sir James Ware's Irish Bishops.) St. - C'artll:lgr, or Nocli~tcla.(;30, Hic~ologcsrlicd January, G9$. Colniaii, ~ouof Finbar, did Jannary. 702. St. Cronan cliccl February. 717 (lolimn 0 Llatlliul diecl 725 Mocogi~~rdicd 746. Konaii diecl 763. 0 Mailslunig died 10%. \lori~!lk~c,l~0 Selhoc diccl IclY1 Vachirthir died 106-1. Marl Duin 0 Rebccairi died 1091. 31:11. \lil. Aeduc;rn died 1123. (iiolln hIocuda O Xebacain clii.tl 1129. Rlnlclius. ll4II-ll5ll. Cliristiall 0 Conarchy, a Cisterci~~ll.1l:~lr-llJi Foells. 1ii9. Fuelis n.as ~~FSCII~.I[ ili: I.:~t~r:ii? ( ,,uncll. 1179 O'Ileda, 1206. Robeit De Bcdford, 1218-13%. Griffin Cliristophcr, 1223-1346. .2l;iu 0 Sullirn~~,1218-1252. 'Thomas, 1253-1370. .John De XLI~Cor ROCII. 1270-1271) liicllaxl Cox. 1279-1308. \~7illia1~~le Fleniing, 1308-1:+21 Joliii Txynagh, 1323-1354. Thoillas Ic Reve, 135s-1362. l'llnui.ls T.c Revr. Bidlop OE1,isniol.c. I)cc:imc Bi.sl~ol)oi 1 11c I-~litcilI1iocc.v of \Vaterford and l,ismnw 011 tlic drat 11 ill 1363 (xiRoper CI-nclock who vas the l.~stRishop of thv ...I ,:irr?l r Diwrse 01 IYatcrford. 40 BISHOPS OF WATERFORD DIOCESE from its foundation by the Danes 1096 to the amalgamation of the Dioceses of Waterford and Lismore in 1362 :- BISHOPS OF UNITEDDIOCESES OF WATERFORD AND LISMORE 't'llmn,~sI.c Revc, 1363-1393. LL~l)r\~tReaclc, a Dominica~i,1384-l:;!lti. 13~wii,- 1r;.t11,+ hrerl lo Carlisle in 13'36. Thomas Sparkford, il 1)rieer of tIl(8 I)ioi.~lseof IX;tf)j :III(~ \\'(,II.. 139G-1397. .1011~i Deppii~g,1357-139% T~I~IIIILISSnell. 139'3-1405 L 'I'IIP C'ail~olicEishops froill 16% 9.1,till. presrnt yew (1917) :iw ri'i'cu in the Eoregoin? sk~tcliw. THE PROTESTANT BISHOPS OF WATERFORD AND LISMORE (From Elizabeth to Villiam 111,) 11%.I:III~I~~I'~. 1860. aitcl diccl ill \\~uterlortl.Xlrretul)er, lGG>. 1111g11 GUIY,~I).l)., Dra11 ltf Li~lllO~~.\va? t\ sl~orttirne oltrvllis arival ill \\'at,:~.fo~,cl.Mar111ad111;c. riicb filst l'~.ott:sta~~:I3isllnl1 uftllt T)ir,ccs.-t..~t.111 tlic folio\\-in; I17ttcr to Sir F1.itr1c.i~\Yalsi~lgIiat~l, Prillcilla l $~!c.l.rtary 1- t>!rcen 12112;111~~111.- ' S111.111s the lniseriible state r~itl~is nrctcherl city ttial ill1 thil~psare don^ contrary to tl~esacretl ancl blessed !\-ill of 1111. I,orcl and also Her hIajeaty's nlost, sadly ~lrril,zrd~np,;ill c:lrIsrs spirit~lal. 'Tl~e (iospel c~i C;irrl fRISH BWKS Irish Readeta Duri,r the ast w mn.m&hswe kuya prhted att f pub tdishe at the "WATBR- FORD NEWS " PRINTING WORKS the fallowing Books :- THE GAEL'S GUIDE TO PORTb@€GB, hy Bean 0'Qadls. Illustrated. Prim Is. edCcrra tl a mba65 : A Comedy in Five Am, By Sean 6 Gdata, Priw SiXpenc~ (These two Bmks are prided in the Irish L~ngwge). qew. DON'T ' FAIL TO Bulletin MONTHLY. THE. IRlSH MONTHkY,