Dominicans in Ireland
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List of notable Irish Dominicans
- Jofroi of WaterfordJofroi of WaterfordJofroi of Waterford, French translator, fl. 1300.Probably a native of Waterford in Ireland, Jofroi was a Dominican, apparently based in Paris, where he produced translations of Latin works into the French language. "He has no surviving connection with Ireland other than his name...
, fl 1300?, scribe, translator - Edmund BourkeEdmund BourkeEdmund Bourke was an Irish Dominican.Born in Galway during the second half of the 17th century, joining the Order of Preachers in that county where he began his studies before leaving for Spain where he completed them. He is noted as the author of numerous scholarly works, though none of them have...
, (d. 1738), author - Anthony Dominic FahyAnthony Dominic FahyAnthony Dominic Fahy, was an Irish Dominican Priest, missionary and head of the Irish community in Argentina between 1844 to 1871.-Life:...
, 11 January,1805 - 20 February 1871), missionary in Argentina - Wilfred HarringtonWilfred HarringtonWilfred John Harrington is an Irish Dominican priest.He studied theology in Rome and biblical studies in Jerusalem at the École Biblique. He lectures in scripture at the Priory Institute, at the Milltown Institute of Theology and Philosophy, and at the Church of Ireland Theological College, all...
, (b. 1927), theologian - Fr. Joseph MulloolyFr. Joseph MulloolyJoseph Mullooly, was an Irish Dominican Roman Catholic priest and archaeologist from Lehery, Lanesborough, County Longford, Ireland. Noted for excavating the temple of Mithras beneath the Basilica of San Clemente in Rome, he also wrote the book Saint Clement, Pope and Martyr, and His Basilica in...
, (1812 - 1880), archaeologist - John Thomas TroyJohn Thomas TroyJohn Thomas Troy was an Irish Dominican and Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin....
, (10 May 1739 - 11 May 1823), Archbishop of Dublin - Roche MacGeogheganRoche MacGeogheganRoche MacGeoghegan , also known as Roque de la Cruz, was a seventeenth-century century Irish Dominican prelate and Tridentine reformist. A member of an aristocratic family from County Westmeath, he obtained a mostly Roman Catholic childhood education before, in his twenties, moving to Iberia and...
, 1580 - 26 May 1644), Bishop of Kildare - Thomas BurkeThomas Burke (bishop)Thomas Burke was an Irish Dominican and Roman Catholic Bishop of Ossory.-Life:...
, (1709 - 25 September 1776), Bishop of Ossory - Thomas Nicholas BurkeThomas Nicholas BurkeThomas Nicholas Burke was an Irish Dominican preacher.-Life:His parents, though in moderate circumstances, gave him a good education. He studied at first under the care of the Patrician Brothers, and was afterwards sent to a private school...
, 8 September 1830 - 2 July 1882), preacher - James Joseph CarberyJames Joseph CarberyJames Joseph Carbery , was an Irish Dominican, who became the third Bishop of Hamilton, Canada.-Life:...
, 1 May 1823 - 17 December 1887), Bishop of Hamilton, Canada - Terence Albert O'BrienTerence Albert O'BrienTerence Albert O'Brien was an Irish Roman Catholic bishop of Emly. He was beatified among the Seventeen Irish Martyrs by Pope John Paul II on September 27, 1992.-Biography:...
, (1600 - 31 Oct 1651), Bishop of Emly, martyr - Daniel O'DalyDaniel O'DalyDaniel O'Daly , also known as Dominic Ó Dálaigh and Dominic de Rosario, was an Irish diplomat and historian.-Biography:He was born in Kerry, Ireland; on his mother's side he belonged to the Desmond branch of the Geraldines, of which branch his paternal ancestors, the Ó Dálaigh, were the hereditary...
, (1595 - 30 June 1662), diplomat and historian
Henry Flanagan, (1988), musician, artist and sculptor
Aonghus Buckley, artist
Dominican colleges
- Dominican College, PortstewartDominican College, PortstewartDominican College Portstewart is a grammar school in Portstewart, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is situated on a cliff overlooking the Atlantic Ocean with views over Portstewart's promenade, the northern coastline of Northern Ireland and the County Donegal hills in the Republic of Ireland...
, a grammar school on north coast of Northern Ireland - Dominican College, FortwilliamDominican College, FortwilliamDominican College, Fortwilliam is a grammar school in north Belfast, Northern Ireland, established in 1930. The school recently underwent a major £13.1 million redevelopment. Katie Melua the Georgian-born singer attended the school....
, a grammar school in Belfast, Northern Ireland - Dominican College, Galway City, Republic of Ireland.
- Newbridge CollegeNewbridge CollegeNewbridge College is a co-educational fee-paying secondary school in Newbridge, County Kildare, Ireland, run by the Dominican Order. The Dominican Fathers founded Newbridge College in 1852 as a boarding school for boys...
- St Dominic's Grammar School for Girls, Falls Road, Belfast.
- Dominican Biblical Institute, a biblical research centre in Limerick, Ireland
International:
- Dominican Convent High School, HarareDominican Convent High School, HarareDominican Convent High School, is the oldest established school in Harare. It was founded in 1892 by Mother Patrick, an Irish nun, with 10 pupils. There is also a Dominican Convent High School in Bulawayo....
, Zimbabwe, founded by an Irish Dominican nun - Saint Dominic's International SchoolSaint Dominic's International SchoolSaint Dominics International School is an IB World School in Outeiro de Polima, near Lisbon, in Portugal. It was founded by Irish Dominican Sisters, beginning as the Bom Sucesso Girls Day School in 1954...
, near Lisbon, Portugal, founded by Irish Dominican sisters
See also
Category:Dominican monasteries in the Republic of Ireland
Pages:
- Doctrine and LifeDoctrine and LifeDoctrine and Life is an Irish religious periodical published by the Dominican religious order. It was initially published from September 1946 as part of the Irish Rosary magazine. From February 1951 it was published as a separate periodical, under its founding editor Fr. Anselm Moynihan...
, periodical - Dominican OrderDominican OrderThe Order of Preachers , after the 15th century more commonly known as the Dominican Order or Dominicans, is a Catholic religious order founded by Saint Dominic and approved by Pope Honorius III on 22 December 1216 in France...
- List of abbeys and priories in Ireland
- List of abbeys and priories in Northern Ireland
- Roman Catholicism in IrelandRoman Catholicism in IrelandThe Catholic Church in Ireland is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, the Christian Church with full communion with the Pope, currently Benedict XVI...
National Websites
- Official site
- Vocations Website
- Vocations Blog
- Dominican Publications Website
- Website of the St Martin Apostolate
- Website of the Rosary Apostolate
- Dominican Polish Chaplaincy in Ireland
- Preaching Website
- Dominican Biblical Institute