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TWO CENTURIES OF CATHOLIC

BISHOPS O F WATERFORD & LISMORE

(1629-1829.n

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. I t . I [. Gill k Son. I.t<l., l )ul4111 ,F f \ . : ~ t i ~ f ~ r , l I I ! III ) . I'r11.1. I k l ,

TWO CENTURIES OF

CATHOLIC BISHOPS OF

WATERFORD & LISMORE

BY JOHN O'FLYNN

Exti- r c t i v o ~ r ~ l e t t e r . rece ived b y J . J . O 'F lynn ,

jvorrt 3Jost Rezt. Dv Hacket t , Bislzofi of I17aterlord.

" The History of the Irish Catholic Eishops dur ing the period treated 11~- you should appeal strongly to e\-el-. Irish Catholic. I am glad you are p r o ~ i d i n g us in your little book with information that is sure to i~istruct ant1 edily. I u-ish it every sllccess.

PREFACE.

HI5 two c c n ~ ~ ~ r i c s covcrccl by thc follon'ing sketches m e ill T n ~ a n y re;, - )ett* -;he most tragic bnt withal the most glorious in thc cccic~iastical Ilistory of our diocese and of all Ireland. I)llring t l ~ c zrcate~. ,)art of tlir reign of Qucr i~ E l i z a l ~ t h , licr and I I O I , ~ ~ ~ i ~ l i s t t ~ r s ' ~mlicy to\wi~rls t l ~ r Catholic Church in Ireland. a i~i l c,specii~lly ton.ar(ls bisliops and priests, was ji~liclcri ~utrrr 1)y c ~ ~ l r u i i n ~ . sclicll~r.: for " col~wrsion " through hrilwr-!-, titles. ~ O P I ~ I O L I Y of state. ctc.. than by the l ~ l a u s of hcr sllt.rcssors r'ronl James 1 to George I11 (except for t11r 1)l.ir.f reicn of .Ta~nes TI\. Theirs \\,as a policy of confis- cat iou. nlassacrl*. p r~ , sc . r i l~ t io~~ . spoilntion, exile and degrada- tivn. \VatvrTortl < . i t \ u11t1 t l ~ r Dioccsc of U'ntcrford and Lis- 111or(> C X I ~ I C i l l trlr ;I 121rge S I I ; I ~ P n f I l l p 1~s111ts of these mea- s ~ ~ r c s tcnwrrls r 1 1 ~ Catllolir~r c ~ f Ireland Tli(9 tit?- oi Waterford was lrnow~i far and near, especially during the 17th century, fo:' the ~lnflinching devotion of its Catholic citizens to their faith. ancl tlley received very special attention a t 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 I n the Confederate W R ~ 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 a t the beginning. werc \raning fast-as the bright spot in the clarlinoss n l 1 ~ 1 1 t l~cy ft,lt \\.as slo~rly falling upon them owing to the bickerings of the Supreme Council of the Confedera- tion, t 1 1 ~ cliffe.~encw on quest~ons of policy between the Wuncio and son~e of i l ~ e bishops. and tlie intriguing and t ' l i lpor i? 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 - ad t i~n~ .s , the Wl~itcs . thr

r.ombards. the r ' o~ne r fo~ t l r itnd otItcy rcn;i~v~~c:l silns of \\'ntpy- f m d had ~ t ~ i ~ d e oru, city laiowli / ' { , r . v r , /i',,i,in-l,irll(~ ~ ~ l l l c R in i~cc i~ l i , the Papal Nunclo t,o t h r Crmfederatinn, llas recorded tha t of all tllc cities 11e visited dur ing his s tay ill Ireland \Vaterfortl was tlic olre tltat i~npsessed lli111 m o ~ t falr01lI';lbl~ illld canit. nearest to III!: irleal ,?c ,I r a t l ~ o l i r city The fame of his f r i rnd . liiltl~rlr J . I I~<I , \ ~ ; l ( l f l i l l ~ . ill R O I I I ~ \vo111il a lo l~c liavc. 1)cell q i ~ i t c + i ~ f f i u ~ w t trl ~ n a k c tlic Xuncio h l l c r y I of T I I i t T11(1 ~ C ~ ~ I I I I ~ S ~ , f

\T:att.rford as a Catholic city t l ~ e Kuncio had htlartl front Fat11e.r Lnkc Wadding b ~ f o ~ c 1111 Ivft Ro l~ le ~ c r e more tllnu , j ~ ~ ~ t i f i c d by l ~ i s 1.cct.ptio11 n.hcn 11r visitt.(l tllc ci ty ill Frbrlwry. 1R4f;. tint1 later 011 11y I 1117 g r a ~ t d r ~ c c y t i o n givt.r~ hi111 L)v t11e Tl is l~op I)].. C 'o~ t~c~ , fo r ( l . : I I I C ~ t110 1.1ergy. i)11(1 :11l the leacling citizens at tht. ancient ( ' a t l~cd ra l of Holy Tvinitv which had h e l l r c s t o r ~ t l to t he Cathnlics after Iitiving bet.11 f n r ~ rex r lp a centnry in t l ~ e hands of the Prot t . s tn l~ts , l i ight t h r o ~ ~ g ! % the ancceeding two centtlrieq \T'i~trrfovl got more illan its share of t he proscript.inn ancl spoilation from which a l l Ireland s~~fferocl. Sn iltc .sketclic.s o f Dr. Conlertorcl iIW20-165") ant1 Dr. Brennan (1671-169313 tha t follo~\- we get, .wlnr idea of what h i s l ~ o p ~ , l ~ r ~ e s t s , and yeoplu suffered from t l ~ c cotning of Cmmwell to bllc Penal Laws that followcrl the violation of t h e Trt.aty of Lllur~rick. and in t l lr shori accolu~ts oi the i r successors bvc set. hon- tlle P ~ n a l Enact- ~nel i t s , ~ T O I I I Will iam to Georw SIT, preseccl I I ~ I O I I thosc \vl~o c3anle niter. Dr. C:o~nerford and Dr . R r w a n :IS Risliops of t,he Diocese

Tt was a ferlirlg tha t t he heroic sufferings tlcvotion, and .;ncrifices nf these t ru ly great nlen shoulcl be known to all of L I P who to-day enjoy t h e religious ;lnd civil freedom ~ v l l i c l ~ \VP owt-l to t he sacrifices and he ro i s~n of those who ~ ~ e n t befort. I(.;, lha t impelled t l ~ o writer to c.~,lnl~ile for l ,~~b l i ca t ion thesc s1101,t sketcllcs oi t l tr Catllolic l3isllops of \V;~terio~,t l and Lis- i r~orc fo.1 t he two centlu.ies lG"9-18'29. H e cal~ilot 11(!11) feeling thilt s11c11 u work is I I O small iulpertincnce O I I I ~ i s 1)al.t ill R

diocese thnt has taro s11c1i able a11d scllolarly ecclesiastical lliitopinns as tile Rev. Patrick Power. M.R. I .A. . Prof~ssoi ' i l t Arcll~eolng)r, V ~ ~ ~ v e r s i t y C 'o l le~e . ('orlr, a i d Rev. IT. 1'. 1\11rkc, (?.C., Cahir . The splendid work oi t l ~ c s c tu.o lcarnc(l

:mrl painstaking writers, as well as such woslts as 3lr Edn~und Donney's excellent and reliable "Story of Watcrford," are beyond the reach of the real " man i n the ztreet," 011 the road, and in the cabin or s~na l l farm-house, who cannot nfford to invest more than 6d. or 1s. in a book, and for ~vllose inforniation and enlightennlent the following ] ~ r = c s arc lnaillly inter1c1c.d.

1 doubt very I I I I I ( .~ I if ~ I I C \ \ . ~ ~ . l i of such ~ n e n RS Fatiler Power. Father 1311rIw, Mr. E d ~ n u n d Domney, MI-. 31. Fitzpatrick (allthor nf " Waterford During the Civil War "). Mr. M t h t l ( ~ . (a11t11or of '"1:hc Barony of G,aultier." " Memoirs of Picrsc Baron." etc.), Dr. Grattan Flood, atrt,hor of nunlerol1.q interesting and scholarly articles on local ecclesiastical history in t l l ~ Waterford Archsological . l o u ~ n a l and clscwl~cre, liavc bcen even slightly appreciated hy the peoplc of t111. city and the diocese. Father Power, in the! .course of a vc'ry busy lifc, l ~ i s given us " Place-Names III Deciw," a nionunlental nyorlr that gives every field, road, Iow~ilancl, and parish iu tllc Decies a nciv interest for those who w a d it ; " A Parochial History of Waterford a n d I,lemorc," \vhich supplied a t r d y long-felt want in our clmcc:e. A very w l u r ~ b l e and little-knowl part. of Father Pwver's writings i l l local ecclesiastical history in his rnagnificcnt work as Editor of, and contributor to, the " J o u ~ n a l of the Katcrforcl and South-East of Irelana drch~~ologica l Socjcty," esperially the series, " The Ancient Round Cliurclics oi County Waterford." that appeared in the journal during ihe first six years of its existence. These :~rticlcs might be tr111y described a? an Ecclesiastical Histoxy of tllc Diocese from the earliest t,imes to the Reformation. Then u-e have t h r " Lives of SF. T)ecl;in and Mochuda." edited by 11im for the Irish Texts Society, a most valuablc ac1ditit111 to Trial1 hagiology wcl to the early history of Christianity in the Decies of n h ~ c l ~ Mochuda, afterwaxds chr i s t~ned Cnrthac, was the first Bishop end Declari the first Christian s a h t Father Burke, C.C., Cahir, began his work in the domain of Incal ecclesiastical history more than twenty y c a x ago in the pa.ges of the "Journal of the JVat,erford and South-East of Ireland Archmological Society." Since t h m . in thc midst of the pressing d~it ies of a bm?;

C.C. in \Vaterforcl, ancl la ter on a t L'abir, h e conlpiletl h is lllonumental " History of Clonnlel " (pttblished IYO'i) , ancl " I r i sh Priests in the Pena l Times " (published 1914'1. Tlw " History of Clonmel," a p a r t from i t s great. va lue anti

interest as n local history, is a very valuablc addi t io l~ t o t hc ecclesiastical liistory of i h r 'I'ippcrary portion oi tho Dloccsr. The accounts of t h r zplendid rcsistailcc of tllr

(':ltholics of Clonmel to t he a s s i l ~ ~ l t s of Croin\vcll's arlliy. ;~ncl all tlip 11c\v and 111teri.st111~ 11~11t 1111.o\\ 11 un i h c casc I J ~

Father Nicholas Pheehy u-110 n.as h a n p d in Clonnlel ill 1766, give thc work a ve ry special va lue . I n " I r i sh Priest: in Penal T imes" we have a stl.iliing testimony, i f S L I C ~

were nceded. to Fa the r Burke's abi l i ty and indus t ry a s a ~ r o ~ k c r in tlic field of I r i sh e c c l c ~ i a s ~ i c a l history. I11 this I\-ork he has girc.11 us ovel. 400 1,ngcs of c~ipics iliadc b y h i m of S ta te papers in t h e Carte M a n ~ ~ s c r i p t s in t h e Bodleian T,ibrary, Osiorrl; t h e Sta te Papc r Departlnent of the I~ is l l Record Office, t he British Musc~ t in , a n d other places, vividly ~ l l~ i s t rn t i i l g t h e conditions under wlli th t h e bishops an11 priests of I re land had to lire> ch~r ing tlw Penal t imes fro111 Charles IT 1.0 George 111. N a y wc llclpc t h a t Fatl lcr Burke and Fa the r I'owcr will e re long do for our Diocese what Rrv. Dr. C a i r i ~ a n h a s clone Eor a nc ighbo t~ r ing diocese in h is splcndid ' Histoly :ulcl Antic~ltities of t hc Diocese of Oasory " (4 rols.). Mr. Erlm~untl Don-ncy. 111 h is o w 1 ~ a l u a b l e " Story of 11-aterford," a n d 111 t hc encouragement h: h a s givpn every writer on \Titterford topics, h a s donr more t h a n out1 man's aharc ill hc lp i i~g tonrartls t h e crcation ~ l f a librar>- local ecclesiastical ~ ~ n d ~CCIIIXI . 1listol.y. Dr. ( ; r a t t an Flood of Enniscorthy, 113 t l ~ c pages of t h e " Watrr ford Xrclmological Journal ." .' 'Hie rrisli Ec.clesia.+ t ical Rccord." and clsemhcre, lins give11 11s nlllnrrous

The writrr is painfully aIv:Lrc of t he scant encoliragcment ihc cfforts r - j i compilers of local 1listoric.s. rcclesiastical or v t l ~ c r , rcccirc at t he hands of t he ~ c n r r a l publ ic-wm a( tll;? h a n d s oi tliose to who111 o n r would natura l ly look for sllpport ant1 : ~ l ~ l ~ r c , c i u t i i ~ n , uiz. , t l i ~ n'rll-tn-[In n iwrlmnts anrl i ;~rni i .~-s , the prnfrssional clacses, ant1 clc,rlis ln fairly well 1 i i i I l nny r i f all c l n ~ . w s ~ l ; l i n rd : ~ h o v c :voi~lrl

think Irdi-:I-i.1on.n or live shilliiigs f a r too mr~cli to pay for any of the va1usl)lc works named above, but they ~ o u l t l have no hesitation about spending as many pounds at :r horse-racing or c ,o~~rsing n~ect ing, or some other form of s1,ilr.r I i r i l i n J.ct us l l u l ) ~ ilia1 a bcttcr time is coming. ;rrl1l thi1t 111tb ~nn~~i fcs ta t ions of tlrc 11cw soirl tlrnl Ira.: conw iuto L ~ ~ l i r ~ r d wl i i~ . J~ vc see all i~rolr~icl 11s

a t prusent. will, i l l t l~r) m a r Ent~~re , rcsull in blessi~ig our ~ 0 1 1 n t r y with R sober, c~~lturecl, stlidious, ancl truly patriotic proplc who, in thcir Icis~irc holrrs, will strtdy with in tc rc l and pleasrw her history, language, and literature, and dcrivcl inspiration to work for the iiocial. intellectual, and l~i:rtcrial uplifti11:- of thcir r ~ : ~ t i \ v lirl~cl. fro111 the Icssons r ~ i t h ~ , livcs n ~ i t l lwroit: sacrificsrs l o r Faith. C'ouscicncc, m ~ t l F;~tllcrlnncl of (llc mcn R I I ~ W ~ I ~ P I I ~ 1 1 0 \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 a f t r~ .nards (1568j. Dr Coliierford's noth her was a fnit,!~,ful fricnd to the persccutecl p.riests of those dark days. a i~ t l 11cr sun, Patrick, the subject of our sketch, ~ecc ivcd 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. H e went to the famous school kept a t 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 E u r o p ~ n n Fanic. as scholars and churchmen. From lilllrenny Iic n-cnt to a famous college a t Lisbon, established fo! tht* cdrrcnt~oil of Irish priests b y the Cardinal kwh- hi.ihop of Rordeaux. H e entered the Sovitiate of the 1\1121111 H e r ~ ~ l i t i at Lisbon, :lnrl w:ls orclilind priest in 1610:' :md in the follo~ving year took up the Chairr of Theolo-9 at the college af the Austin Hermits at B~ussels . H e went tc) Rome a fen- y a r e later to attend a general Chapter of hi; Order. and was appointed by Pope Paul V to the post

~ v f Prior of the monastery of the Canons Regular of St. A~lgnstine a t Kells, County Kilkcnny, founded by Geoffrcy

FitzRoLcrf in 1103. T11c lnon~~stcry a t 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 t l ~ e C!atllolic liita of Ose-ory and Ormonde Tliu once stately monastery, \vitll 119 splcndid church. was then

lands llor revenues, aucl ~ w r c i1111ays facing b a n i s l i n ~ c ~ ~ l or c l ~ ~ ~ t l l .Fa ther Colucriord I I P ~ ~ tu c r~r l~c to IVatcriord fronl liells I I ~ C ~ I ~ ; I I I occa.sio11~111y. a11c1 ill CIIIC 01 111s V ~ S ~ L S I I I \ learnecl t l ~ i ~ t a brotl~c'r o i liis had Iwen captured by an ;\1:cri11~ cruiser a~icl carried uf i to M a p d o r to be sold a6 ;I slnvt~. F;~t l icr Col i~er io~d 5c.t out at once for Spain to enli..t 111tm aicl of the Trinit~~ri:in ~ n o ~ i l i s for the seclemption #,i hi. broilier out of tlir hil~icls of tlic barbarian raiders. He io~ind Ilis brotllcr a t Gibraltar, but hc died m m after l ~ : i t l i ~ . ~ . ( 'on~c~.ford's . ~ ~ , r i r a l . Fatlux Col~iel-ford hen l w ~ - cecclitl to Ro111e to attcild lo some nlatters rc la t i l~g to thc Irlsh . \ i lps~i l l i :~ns, ancl tllerc lic li.arned that Popc U . I ~ ~ I 1'111 intcntlccl to nppoint 11im Blahop uf Waterford a l ~ d Li .~n i ,~ r~? . whirl1 diocew llncl bccn for marly gear..: a-ithollt n bisllol). T11e Sre of n'atc.~.iorcl ancl Lismore n .x at that t . i~ne (1623) poor and pcrsec~~tvd, and its futurc bishop Iincw too wcll t l ~ c iiardships. l~cracc.utiolie, and i ~ m u i ~ i e ~ ~ t rkl i oi life that awaited him ill 1 1 i ~ 1 1 ~ ~ clignity of c11icF j ~ a s t o ~ oi' liis natix-c diocesc \vlii~.l~ Imtl b v t ~ i will~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 L i c ~ t ~ l ? w at St. Sylvc-stcr's. Roine, in ILarvh. 1829. Amongst t l l ~ w p x s e n t :it h is consecration was liis fi~llun-citizen. Fatlier T,uke \Y:~~lding, wl10 n.ns then Cii~nrtlinn of thc Fr :~nc i~can C ' l ~ ~ ~ r c h o! St I ~ i d o r e . Romc, mcl I ~ a d gainccl world-wide rellcrwn :IS i~ \vritpl- a~icl scl~ular , Dr. Cc~n~c~rfoscl arrii-t.tl ill \I-atcr- i d a l ) o ~ ~ t two months wftcr llis consecr:~tiul~, n111.l sct at once a b o ~ ~ t t l ~ c discharge of his el~iscopal duties. Hr nw; i loselg n-atel~rd by the bigatc4 Lords Justiccfi, Sir Adant Loftus. : ~ n d Boyle. Earl nf Cork. and hy the P r o t c ~ t n n t l ~ i ~ I i ( l l ) " o l \\-atcrforil. Rr~ylc ; \ I K ~ Athi.rtoll;' ~ 1 1 0 l ~ i ~ l ~ . ~ ( > d

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'hlichncl Eovlc was IJ~.otc<in.>t I : i Jwl - ,I! \\';\terfortl tlonrI619 III lh.;.i. , , \ , . I .I,On . \ [ h e m " from 16Xto I h l l (Sir 1:amcr \\':?l-c. f ~ r z h H : \ b ~ f i * ) 1 r0.i erlitit,iql.

:11ld ~,c~,secutecl the Catholic people and the priests of the diocese. In spitc oi the unwea~ied vigilance of his 11!~rsecr1tors, who dcnounced hi111 a s " a hinderer of truth." 1)i.. Cu~m.rfurcl continuecl to hold synods, ordained priests. and confim~ed great crov-ds oi young people by day and night, ~n prjvatc 1lollsc.s and in the shelter of the woods. In 1641 Dr. Comerford assisted in framing the Oath of .issociation mttl (~ tab l i sh iug thc Confetleratioil of Kilkenny. flc u a . omt of thc tirst of t-he Irish Bishops to declarc? ilial the. war which thP Catholics were about t o wage was j m t and iiccessary. and lie became a, member of t h e Snpremc Cou~lcil nf the Confederation I n 1642, following tlw success of the Confederate Movemenf, the temporalities ot Waterford Scc, i~icluding the Uathedral Church of the Holy Trinity, w r c restorecl to lliii~, and he devoted himself with grrat mergy. ;~ssisted by the Catholics of the city, in restoring tlic aircient sl~lendour of the despoiled Cathedral Cliurcli m t l llic othrr churches o i Waterford. H e bestowed tht! c h u l ~ l i of St Ci~tllcl ' i l l~ and the oratory of tho Blessed Virgil1 on ilic Augustinians, of which Order he was such a t11,votc~tl ant1 tlistiily~islicd n~cmber. n ' l l e ~ ~ R.iuuccilii. the I'apnl Xulir i l l , vwted \Yatcriord to protest against the p e u w ~ t l v o c x l ~ ~ t l 114- the Ori~~onclists. lie \ws received with great 1.1ithusiasi11 by t h r people oi that city. Iicndecl by the Bishop, I Y I I ~ , like I l i~u. w ~ r e wariu s ~ ~ p p o r t e r s of the Kuncio and oltponttnts rli t l ~ c l ~~rol~o.scd "patchccl-up'' peace. Dr. Conlev- i'r~rd r c n ~ ~ ~ i n t ~ d t~ rir to Rinrlcinni, the Papal Suncio. to tllr cwl, anc[ tho In t tu l i~ec l wit11 him in IVaterford for scveral ~nonths. hccompaniccl by Dr. Comerford, the Nuncio used 10 set n u t from Waferford for Duncannon fort for which h: had purrliascd Iargc quantities of arms and gnnpowcler and in \vhich ~nuc l l of his hope for the success of the cause of tlic Catholics in tllcsc parts centred. When the Nuncio j~rono~uiced the sentence nf excon~n~unication against, t,he fl-;irncrs ant1 abettors of the unsatisfactory peace with l t i c h i q ~ ~ i n , Dr. Colnerforcl adopted his views and enforced the ~ e n t c n c c in Waterford The revolted SuprernvCouncil wcrc vc1.y trngry wit11 Dr. Comerford. for having enforced the Nlulcin's s~?i~t'cncc of exc~mrnunication in Waterford, : I I I ~ w n i c to him setting forth their disapprol*al ot' his

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DR. JOHN BRENAN (Bishop of Waterford & Lismore, 1 67 I - 1677.

Archbishop of Cashel, 1677-1 693,)

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~ring tliese 19 years the vacant See was administered by the Rcv. Robert Power, Dean and Vicar-General, a kinsman of th(. Ponc.rs Raroi~s of Currngl~inore. The delay i11 appointing a successor to Dr. Coiiicrford will be easily imderstood by tile s t ~ ~ d e n t . of tlic Croii~wellitm and the Restoration periods of Iris11 history. He \\.ill lrnow of the appallin? s tate of misery and poverty 10 nliicli the Catholics of lliis and every othrr Iris11 diocese had 11ec:li ~ e d ~ l c e d during the Cronimellian wars :rnd tlic following yeam. Indeed i t might be said that Cruniwcll lcft no Catholic flock in this or any other diocese tli~,ongli wl~ieh he l~asscd for 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 " n o natural Irish in it." A census of Waterford taken in 1658 showed there were only 950 people inside t h e 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 s u h e q u e n t to the siege nnrl swrenrler. SPP Mr. E. Downey's " Story of W ~ t ~ r f o r d . " ,

l'llc appall ing ,condition of W n t ~ r f o r d (,itl, after t h e scourgc. n i C r o m ~ e l l a n d Irrtoll was t>-llicnl of t he entire diocese ;11itl of almost. all I r e l a n d .

.' Stern gloom i l1~1 d ~ . ; i ~ l i ~ t i o ~ l w r c o'er tbc rnoui~!aill a n d t h e valc.

Alld t h c \vilCl hare i,ri,ligllt i o r ~ h her young on the hcarthstonr* [ i f tll,, C ; i~ l . "

r.a~.ge sunis of nloiilA!- nc rc offrrctl ior the apprehension of :I ~ ' ~ ~ t l ~ o l i c p r ~ e s t . m d s11i.11 ;I 1.al.c. catch as a Catholic bishop i ! ~ \T7atrlforcl 01. c 1 ~ ~ ~ w h c l . 1 . I?-o11li.i f c t c l~ a mia l l fortulle ur ~wr l i aps a big elicc of onc of ill,, confiscntctl estates for the i~~ t ' o r lne r I Y ~ I O ~voii ld dc1ivc.r h i n ~ into t h c hands of t h e pious i t n Tllp Hcsto~.atic~u in 1 G G O ant1 t h r accession of t h e proiiijiati~ C31arle.s I1 h ~ o ~ i p l l t l i t t le or n o relief t o t h e I at holies oi I rc la~l i l . It n ~ c l ~ l y abolished C~omu.ell 's L'ui3tnnisn1 ;ind L ' r~~sl~yt~l . ia i l i . : i~~ a n d reslored the tvealtli :mcl ponl l~ (if t h r T:pi>copal Pro~es ta l l t Church in England and ~roli111il Ilerlce i!. rill 1~1, ~ ~ a s i l y understood why fro111 tl!i, f i ig l~l illto F1-anre in 16.70 oi 111.. Co~i~erforcl 11nti1 1671. 1 1 ) attenil'l \\.as i i l i~dc to apl,oint n Catholic bishop f n r Ka te r fo ld P ~ u ~ i i l g i l~cs t . t \ \ . r i~ty-one years t he affairs of thr' diocese \\-ere Io~l te t l a l t ~ r hh- Vicars-Gencrxl i n so far as tliey could dart: ro ; ~ t t c ~ ~ c l t o allything relating t o t h c ('atllolic F a i t h and C'atliolic ~vorship . The celebration of Nass, the instructioil of t h c faithful, administration of the Sac runen t s , etc., 11x1 to bc cnrrietl out with t h e str ictest -wrccj- in t h e ~voods and in fric:ncllq- houses, and att,endecl hy cvwy c o n e e i ~ ~ a b l e hai.ilsllip aurl danger A t length . \rllen it was fe l t t h a t t,here was a ~ l a c k c n i n g of t he reins o f proscription a n d pcrsec,ution. i t \\-as clecided to a t t empt ~ I J prouicle Catholic bishops for w r n e of t h e long-orpbane:. tlioceses. The Holy S rc , in response to n petition horn ii

S ~ ~ t i o n a l $3-nod 01 1 1 1 ~ I r i sh bishops held in Dublin on June 19th, 1670. derided to appoiilt Dr. J o h n Ercnan to the long- ~ r a n t See of Waterlord ant1 Lismore. H i s appointment as I~ i shop of our diocese was clrcrccd b y Propagand'a on May 12th. 1671. and hc was consc~r .~ .~ t cd i n Rome t h e snmc year.

Dr. ,John B r e n m ivas born in Kilkenny c i ty 111 1625. H c belnngecl to t he old 0:soq- c l an of t h e O'Brenans of i'i l h a c l ~ . I-Tc and O l i r e ~ Pl11111ictt the marty.ecl Arcll-

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€,i>lic~]) ( i f Arinapli. :~cco~npi in ied h a t h e r Scarxinpo from I ~ , c l a ~ t d to Iiouir: ill 1646. F:rtlicr Scaranipo came to I re land i1,o11i Rome on :I i i~isslc~u to tllc Catholic Confederates about; \ \ 1 1 ~ 1 1 1 1 \\-(' I I D ~ :I pood d~';al t1.1 s ay in our noticc of Dr . ( ~ I I I C ~ C I I I . I I ,Jo1111 I j r ~ l i l i ~ l ~ was a l~ol i t ciglltcen years old and Ol i r , . . ~ T'll~nlrrtt s i x t w n !;ears 11-hen they left I re l :~nd for 1Zr;nit. ~ v i t ! ~ F,lt Iim Sc.arainl~o. I . ;~tci on , us wc sllall see. \ vhe i~ D;. 131,c.r1;1n 11nJ to 11:- to SRVC 111s lift?. fro111 W a t l ~ i o r d tlinwsr.. 11c f111inc1 s l~c~ l t c r a t t hc home or" h i s old iriend, 0livc.r Plu~ilrctt . 1r.1io h i ~ d 1)ecome Archbishop of Armagh. I : ] 1657 1)~. 13rci1an \I-:IS :~ l~l~oi l i tec l I'rofessor of P l i i l o s ~ p h y in 1 1 1 t . I '~~ol)ngni~du ('ollepc. and in 166(i hc was advancwl to tllr ('11;1ir td 'l'l~eology ill tliv same renowned Collegc. H e n1s11 I i t l l t l tllu l~osit'ion of :r:rei~t of t hc I r i sh clergy in Rome, 1 . ) n-liicli 11c was appointrid in 16661 on the promotion of his trlr,11([. Oli\-r~i. I'lu~ikott. to the Archepiscopal See of Armagh. 131.. I : ~ c ~ ~ a l r sct I I I I ~ ior i l ~ c Dioccse of Xater ford soon after lli> cr,nct:crutiou to~ \ - a rds ill? end of 1671, a n d arrived in \ \ ' : ~ t i , ~ i l ~ i d city early i l l 1672 H c set irninecliately about 1-i.itiiig I Ile llarislir~s of t11c Dioccse, ordaining priests,

1:11-11aii. 1intli11.r liimsclf 1111saFc in any par t of oiir Diclccse. I~eri. 11,. was Ii~uit,ecl don-11 xi- corry tu rn by s l~ i c s , lice1 tr)

A1miad1 ; ~ i i t l \r.;?s s1icltc1.1-d I J ~ h i s old fricnd. Arcllhisllul~ I ) l i ~ r ~ Pl11111;r-.tt. Ert, Iring t h e stor111 of lwsecu t ion spivad to Arnragll. m t l 1)i l'li~iil;c:tt and Dr . Brenan had to go in to I l i d i n ~ . 'I'llrl terrible ~)lipll t of t h e t\vo prelates dur ing t h e tinw t l ~ r j - ~ r . c r~ l " 011 t!lc run " i s vividly se t forth in Dr. J'lnnlictt's Icttcrs t o I'ropaga.nda cluofctl in the R e r . Dr. C'nrrirnn's History n:lrl Aiiticj~iities oi t he Diocese of 0sshry .

1 ) ~ 1'111111i~:tt \v~oLc:-" .l ; L I I I 111 C O I I ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ L ~ I I I ~ ~ I L , : I I I ( I 1 j 1 ' .

Bre i~nn , Eishol, of Watcriorcl, is wit11 1111'. . .\ sccrct ordcr w a s g i w u to all nl:~gistratcs and sllcriffs t h a t thc, tletectivos were to seek I I I I I , l ) ~ t l l ill t he cities Ihro11~1101rt the country. i l l (% oilier bis11ol)s ;rnd the regulars. 1Vhci1 \vcm llcard th is 011 Suntluy. 18~11 i l l s l . . niter rcspcrs . \vcs llccniec~ it ncccssrlrv t o taltc to O I I I . 1tc~' ls . 'I'11~ mo\\- E ~ l l llcavily lnised wit11 Ilailstuncs \vll i~~Il \vc,~.c \,cry I ~ a r t l ailcl lurgc; R

c ~ t t t i n g nortli \rill(( I I I ~ ~ \ \ . i l l tiLlr i ;~ccs , and tlicb s l~o\ \ - and hail bcnt so t l r~~at l lu l ly 111 (1111. eyes t l ~ t to the preseiit \\I .

arc sci~rcely nble to sco I\-itli L ~ ~ ~ ' I I I . Often \vc ~r'crc, ill tlnnger i ~ i tho viilll!y ui being lost illtll z~rffocntccl ill t h e suo\v."

111 1074, 011 tlw cleat11 oi Dl.. I< r~~ .ga t . . l rchbis l~op of Cnshcl. 1 1 1 Sac rc~ l ~ o ~ ~ ~ r c p i t t i ~ ) r tltc.i[ltd to t r i ~ ~ l s l a l c Dr. Uren:n~ t 1 tllc Xrc~11el1irvop;rl Sert t ~ i M I I ~ s C ~ I , . Dr. P1111lkctt \vrotl. to H ~ I I I I , s t l . on~Iy ~ ~ r g i n g t l l n t o\viiiy t o t11~' ~ ~ ~ r c r t y 01 ('as11(,1 I>io(.~w, 01 . I l r l - n i ~ ~ ~ sI1lr111tl I r t - :~ll~r\vc~!l to 1 .~ t a i11 \Yirtcrfor(l 1 i 1 I I I I I 1)r. I 'l~lnlictt \vl.otit -" Had 1 1101 toywlf \ v i t ~ r t ~ s c ~ i I I I ~ , I ) I J V I , I T ~ oi 111~ ~ ~ ~ l t l ~ o l i c s , Iru111 I ! C C ~ ~ -

si:~stil.s : L I L ~ laity. i l l 1111. ~ ~ I S I Y I C t.; ti! C,lsllcl, I c.o~ilJ wit11 diffi- c111ty il:lvc 1)c~lic~v~iI it 111 11111 city of C;ISIIC~ tl11~1.p i s 1101 i t

, s i~ lg l~ i ~ ' ; ~ t l ~ o l i ( : t l ~ t c.11111tl givt, lo( Ig i11~ Ivr ol1r 11ig11t; t11erc i s 1111~ ol1cb paris11 pricst i l l 1111, ivl~ulc c i t y ill T I I ~ aul~rouiicliiig c1istric.1,~ t l ~ c soldicrs r111tl o l l i v ~ l . ~ of C I W I I ~ \ Y ~ ~ I I 1101(.1 311 1111' lancla. Iiaving r s p e l l ~ d 1111. I 'iitl~oliv tenants . . T l ~ c Eliismlinl rcvelllw is I I O I I I ~ I ~ [ , ~ I I ~ I I I C'LO pcr iln111111l : tile 2atl' Ar<~I~b i shop h ; ~ l :ii I ~ I ? l \ (vat!~ I J I I I Y G . whilst I r k debt> c ~ c r e t i ~ ~ c l .€50.' 'L'he Holy 5rvx alltiivcc\ Dr . U l ~ i l i i ~ l to rctaill I I I , > ; t ~ l ~ ~ ~ i i ~ i s t r ~ ~ t t ( > ~ i i111[l i l i ~ ~ . W V O I I I I I Y ui JYalt>rfcvrd I ) i u ~ ~ a s ~ -

Ii i 1678, tllc year ;liter Dr. T!rrn:111 bccame Xrcllbisl~olr 11i C'nsllol, tile " Po])i.;l~ Plot " 11uq1ortctI to hnvc been cliscovcrctl ill England by t11cz i l i~ rc l )u t i~b lc Titns Oatcs and tl1~9 n.rctc.Irvs. Caretaiw ant1 I3t~lloe. \Y;IS rnatlc t he tis~:ust7 Tot. n lierccl onslnuglit oil tllc Cl;rtllolics of lrelund, t h c bishops ttnci ihi. regular clergy b e i l ~ g singled out' for special at.ten- l ion . Tile Colrncil of .Ircl:~ntl 111d 0 1 1 14th October, 1G7$, :mtl ~ S R \ I C C ~ n proclaimtion comal;\ t~rl ing '"11 t i tu lar popish I ) ~ r l ~ o l ) s irnd dignitaries, a n d all otllcl;~ c w x i s i n g cca1csin~- ficiil jnrisdiction by autlturity from t11t1 Sce of Romc, all Jcsui ts : ~ n d otlier regular 1)ricr.t-," I I I t1~1m1.l fronl t he 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~sr Novcmbcr 20th. Orders were also issuecl that. all " pcbl)iul~ societies, seniiaaries, and convents and schools rhoultl bc Portllvitll clissulvecl and utterly suppressed," and '. al l ~ ~ ~ n s a l ~ o u s c s nncl lncetir~gs for popish services " n-cro

lw r.upprcssctl. \\':iterfor(~ und Clonmel were mentioned :lii:l!ng thc t17w11s in which " t o o 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 I l i o ( . ~ s ~ ~ of C':ISIICI and Wateriord wcl.v

c.loxly n i ~ ~ c l i ~ r l :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 ( ~ i liiding 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 ~ ~ r r n g l ~ u ~ o r r and Iiilcash and in the mood of Rrl~ill i!ild( r t l ~ c s l~:~t lo\ \~ of L I I P I i~~oc lmeaIdown n io~~nta ins .

111 1685. o11 tliv i~cccssion o i J : I IJ I~S II., the Catholics of Ir~lnn!l 1~1:licrccl that the IOng dark niglit of proscriptiou il l l t l p r w c u t i n l ~ \\,as n b ~ u t . to end. During that and the ft,llowil~c i l ~ r ~ c !-cars Dv Brenan, likc other Irish bishops. ;Inw ~ o r p info t 1 1 ~ npcll, and in October, 1685, he convened

n Yl~ovincial Synod a t l'hurlcs I n the ske tc l~ of Dr. Hrenau in tlint w r y val\~i~blc> book " Collections of I r i s l ~ Church History." by thc Rcv. Dr. Renelian, there are given :ilnongst n goo11 (leal of w r y interesting nltzttcr relating to Dr. Rrct~an. tlic tl(wecs of that Synocl, in which h e sought tc rcst'orc to t l ~ c pcople of t11c clinccses over whicll lie ruled . -me c!f their loig-dcnicd rights-to hear Mass, receive i n s t r ~ ~ c t i o ~ ~ ~ ant1 tlic Sacrailients \ ~ i f l l some degree of safety m d t.ollliort, ctc.. Ki~irr .J:t~rlon 11. granted to Dr. Bl.cnnn, out of thc Irish I ~ T ~ I I ~ I W wcl out of thc Church properties r ~ ~ ~ j u e t l y seizcd by ;I suc.ccssion of I'rotestallt Arcl~bisliops o i Cadlel. froin 31-ler 3IcGrntl1 o i ~ ~ i t r d ~ , a pension of £200 :L

year. This 11c probably tlrcn. r~n i i l 1600. He was o ~ l e of f11e Conimin.ioners ajqwintctl to Ax t l ~ c tcrllls whicll sho111d 1w dem:~nricd in conncclioit with thc I~istnric Treaty, 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 C O ~ I I ~ I I O I I in the district and in other parts of Iccrrg. Or. Pierse, we leamrn from that very 11seful work, " Parochial. History oi \Yate.rford :ind T.is~norc," iuicl iron1 " Two L x L ('cntury Risllol,s of \\!utcrlorcl " (Dr. Bicharcl Piersc ai~cl I)r. Sylvcstcl. Lloyd). rontril)~~ttrtl to the Wnterfurcl Arcliieologicnl J o u r n ~ I in IS97 b y Dl' \Y. H. Grattan Floorl a n d 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,,.111aincd ntt;lcllcd t ~ ) the C'onrt iron1 1690 to 1696. He was a g r a d ~ ~ a t e of 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~gotry with 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 g m w .;uspicion on the part of thc Protestant Ascendancy. Wc gct glimpses of him in France n p to 1716. .Scarcely Inore t l r m three or four bisliops remaincd in h e l a n d 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 t h ~ t hc wm in Irclnncl after the latter date. 'I'lirec notorious pricst-hunters. named Tyrell, Dawson, ancl 3lcGrntl1, gave inf~~rniation that Dr . Piersc was in hidini. i i l Tiilcnsli n c a ~ Sliwnlnunon in 1713, Many a lluntetl

3Ias ~ . < ) ~ ~ ~ t r r t h a ;(I. i:asb~lg I~l~ci t l i o c ~ ~ n ~ n a i t l c c.omsinsa~Ir, J I O I ~ I I R tlait.li~i~mhai1 ~ t \ i ~ n l l i l ~ ~ ~ l i ~ i m i n righlnc11

Folgac~li grv:~nnnihar taithnrnn~hncll binn briathracll l b b l l c i ~ Fotlla 11arra don tsag:~rt (lo Gloir~n Phinraia.

'i 'l~c al)ovts vrCrsc wils c o p i ~ d ~ I O I L I ,111 Ir1sI1 M F . h!; Filt.11~1. 1 l ; rgnu~ O ' R I ~ I I ~ ~ W . \ v t~o probnbly linl.\\: Dr. Pierar I V ~ C I ~ !!c \vns :~ttaclwcl to tllc court of Kine Janles at Paris 'L'hc MS. is in the Library ot the Flmciscnn Convcnt. 3Eerchalits' Q I I ; ~ ~ , D~lbl in. Until 1739 thi* Tlcv. Willianl O'3Iara. ait'erwards Bishop of I<c.r?y, and subsequently of Killnloe, acted a s Vicar-General u i tlw Dioccsr of Waterford nut[ Lian~ore. Wc should liave mciitioned, ~n con- ncction with Dr. Pierse's bisholrri~,, that it was during 11ix time (in 1699) that a plot of g~,ounil near Bailey's Lunc was granted by the Corporation a.s a site fo+ the c?rection of a church by the C;itholics. In the record of the grant of the picce of land, we arc! told ~ h n t the Protestant Bishop Foy made no objection, a Ll~i: place in which it rras proposed to build the ch~lrcli for the Papists was not oil any tlloroughfare :und would not offend the eyes of tlw Protestant populace.

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By Bricf clatcd '79th Yay, 1739, Dr. SJ-lvester Lloyd, 3

nic111bc1 oi thc Ortlrr of St E'r;incis. \~11o had heen Hishop of IWaloc5 sincc 17'18. was translated t o IVnterford and 1,i~iiiorv V t ~ y littlv rllatirr is available is0111 wl~icll to n-lit(! x noticc of :uny lcngtli of Dr. Lloyd. The Re\.. Dr ( ' . ,tlrigan, . ' now I'.P. of Ihrrow, QIICCII'S County. the learned author of t l ~ c " History m c l d~rtiquitieu of thc 1)ioeese of Ossory," gave in No. 1 ni thr " J o ~ ~ r n a l of the IVatesford and h u l l 1 I%st [.I! I l~ - land X~~r~l~ieological Society " for 1397, a coly of tllr T a t \Vill and 'l 'wta~nent of Dr. Lloyd ~ h i c l l 112 fou~id ;Inlong Ihc \Vills of \Tatcrforcl and 1.ismorc ill rnt: Public Record Oficr. Dul)lin. He had only a few shillings 13 bequeatll. He bequeathed hi.; soul to Caoci and his body to earth to l)c 1)uricrl a s privaic as possible The will is dated 9th Aliguat, 1713. Dr. Lluj-d died a rrfu.gee in Paris in 1747. On :rc.rrolin! c ~ f the annoyance and persecution to which all C ' ;~t l lol i~ bie11op.s oi his day wrc- subjected in Irclnricl. Dr. l.ltryd 11ad t u spend most of the years of his Episcopucy ill Frnucv. 111 11is will KC read tha t he bccIi~oatl~ed l ~ i s gold w a t ~ l i ti1 MI,. Ric11a.rtl Quane, Bankier. of Pesis 0 1 1 I I ; I ~ : . ~ 369 of l7aiht.r Burlie's " Irish Priests in Pcn:~l Ti~uce." wc, f i ~ ~ t l t l ~ c followi~~g, xi-hich throws some i n t e r c s t ~ ~ ~ g l igl~t 011 thc crmtlitio~is under ~vhich Ir ish bishops l i w d in Dr. T.ltr\-(1's tin^^. and the doings of the Mayors iin(7 Sheriffs ol' r11lr city in thew days. In 1744 the Mayor ;\nrl Sheriffs of \Y:rtr,rtortl n'l-otc t o th r Lord Lieutenant of lrc~l~lllcl :-

Sir.-lli o b ~ d i ~ n c . ~ t r , t l ~ e oi.rler oi the Lo rd Lieutenant nild C'ounc.11 transmittetl to us by you, we have made tliligcnt cnc111il.y within o ~ ~ r j~uisdiction for the names ;~ncl places of abode of all p e r s o ~ ~ s being, or reputed to IIC, Pnpisll Archbisllclt,s, Bisliops. Vicars-General, Deans, .Tcsuita, 3Ionlrs. Friars.. (11. o thw repular Popish clergy :1ncl of ,811 Pal~ i s t s r:serc.iaing ccclesiasticitl jurisdiction. ;uid \v(* find i11;1t Sylvester Lloyd. ieputed to be the Popish 'I'itlrlar Bishop O F \Vaterfol.cl. resided in the City of \Vate~.ir)rtl ior some t i u ~ ~ past. h i t up011 search being madr fnr him, p ~ ~ r s u a n t to t h r rocla lama ti on. u-P tind he ha5 Intely absc.,,nclcd and cannoi bc found. WP find tho1 TYillianl (.)'JIeor;~. 1~cputcc1 to be ihc Pnplfill Dean of

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' s t r o ~ ~ g l i o l d ~ oi Protestant Asccnclancy in Irclnnd and all unsaic p1at.r: in which to lire :und froin 1~hjc11 to arl~ninister the diocc,sr.. and he took 111' his rwidcnce in Corricli-on-Suir in a small Ilouse a t Wcstgatr. no\\- t l ~ e business pren~ises of 3Jr.s Henebry. Dr. Creagh was a ~ o s t zealous 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<obc~r \1-:1lsh. P.P., U ~ ~ n g a r r a n . s ~ ~ c c e e d c d 111. John Power in J u l y , 1817. H e died in Rome in 1891, nud \ m a sncceeded 1)s Dr. Pafriclr Kelly, who had been Bishol~ of R~clunoncl, 1.-.P.A., and was translated t o Waterford 111 I I:cbrunry, 1822.

DR, PATRICK KELLY ( I 822- I 829.)

D R. Robert WalsIi, as stated previously, died in Rome on 1st October, 1821. H e had to go to Rome on some matters regarding his administration t l ~ a t gave rise to unrest

and dissatisfaction in the dioccsc. Although h e 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 bu t a,

short. time formed, where Dr. Kelly had been for about taro years, h e \ ~ o u l d be 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 J u l y 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, Ki lkc l~~iy . I I 7 9 Aitcr llnvllig spent some tinlc at ti

1.lasici11 rcliool a t 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 [

~ ' ~ o I I ~ B o L . 01 1 'hi lo~opl~~- a t Lisbon Collegc for t ~ o years : I ~ ~ Y I

hi.: orclii~alion. ~he11, on.ing to ill-liealtll, 11c returllccl to hi-. ti S i c . H e served :is C C. 111 thc cliocesc u ~ l t i l 1811, \ \ . I I G \ ~ lic n';~? rtppnintccl Profcesor nf Philosopl~y. and latei, on I-'m~eesnr of :I'heology at Bi~~cllficltl Collcge, Killrenny, wllicll a.a,-. then i1w ccclesiastlcal college of Ossory Diocese. Hc Il?.c:~lnt. L'rcsitlcnt oE t l x college in 1816, and in 18'20 he was

Dr. Kellj-'s encrgy and great administrative abilities were soon evident in every phase of t h e work of the diocese. 'l'he Catholics of Ireland, although not, then finally c-tnililcipateil from the oppressive and degrading P e i ~ a l 'Laws that had scourgeil nncl persccntecl them for moye than 200 ycars. 11;1d got.. during the precccliilg twenty ycars, t h o u g h the efforts uf Edrnuncl Burke, Grattan, Flood, and othcya. measures of d i e f 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 ~ o c i x l and com~ncrcial standing. They were engagcd. !~encled by Daniel O'Connell, in the great' struggle for cwnlplctc r~l igious and civil freedom that had such a clarions culmination in 1829 with the passing of the I<~nancipation Act. The Catholic Association v a s 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 1 8 6 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

i l i t w r , ~ r l . .. b v 11, mwi Collm;~l. 1.m.clon. in tR251,afc~n1011th~ R C ~ ~ , I thcC~tho!ir : I I~.I~I . t i I . I In vol. Icpp. 262.290) Air. Wysc r i r c s a full nnrl vcl-5. lilteiestlll.: zccl,ili:~ of tbr " Stusrt Election" of 1826, and i l l vol. I1 (;lppenrlic) thc , \-..I. of ~l :c Blcctim . \~\dre, ,e~ oi Mr. Vil l ic~\ S I U ~ I . L :LIIII Lord GCO~SC l j ~ r ~ . ~ t o r d . \V.<tvrforO \ rcpl-int uf all the n:nltcr i : ~ \ I r Wyset' bnnkon thist~i*rcric c!<.~t i t . :~ . ~ ~ , ~ . , l d 1 ~ - . , c.1 5 V.C~COIIIV x l ~ l i t i o ~ 1 % ) t l ~ e Iitcrat[tw ~ I I I ,:it., :>i111 cau!ltv.

\villingneus to malic the s:tcrificcs reql~ired to break tllc power of the bigolerl Bere.~l'orrls ~vlio. since the col~ling of the first of thcnt (Sir Mawus) to Curraghimre in 1717, had, thro11~11 t l ~ e i l I\-raltl, ancl pO\VeF over thc unfortunate peasantry, ruled fhe c.o~mtp, nntl lind regarded its pnrlin- mcntary scats as a family hcirloonl. A Catholic could not then hold a seat in Parliament. so it was resolved by the C n t h o l ~ Ashociation to put up against Lord George Bcwsford, and a11 0111el.s likc him n-lln xcre bittcrly opposed to Catholic lhlm~cipat ion, n Protestant of Liberal views \\.l~o wo11ld support thc C'i~tllolic clainis. l'hc v c ~ y thought of drfcating a Rc~~caforcl ill Co. TTratci.iord and carrying the srnt in iaoour or (.'ntliolic E~uancipation was looked upon even by t h ~ most oi t l ~ c Cnthc~lica as soinetliing most fervently desired. but irttcrly impossible of accomplishment. The ('ntl~olir, A~sociatioll wleeted villiers Stuart of Dromrtna, Cappoqnin, ns t l i~ i i ' candi t la t~ agttinst Lord George Eeresford. Thr Stuart; of r)romana then, as all<-ays. cultured. lihcral-~uinclcd and c11;iritable gentlcrnen, were \va.riii ndrocatcs n i thl- ( . ' l~t l~ol ic tu~isi.. O'Connell came to Waterford and hat1 hin~self no~liinatecl for the vacancy. T l i i ~ was a nlcrc 1.11:r;. n r lic 1inc.u: ~vimll that as a Catholic h c coulcl 1101 bl- u llo\\-ctl t u cntcr Purliu~iient. evcn in the very mlliltely creut o i 11is ~'lcction. H o ~ c \ - c r , his nomina- tion gave hi111 \\-l~ot he wintetl-a chalice to ncldress the in~mcrrsc crciwd that 11ad gi~tlirreil for the nomination Dr. Jiclly and n large ~ iombcr of [ ~ r i ~ s t s of the city mid county were present. O'C'onnell spokc ill 1 1 . i ~ best stvle for t ~ o Ilours to the vast tliiwng. ~IICJ ~r'hrti hc I ~ c l finished speakin;. I I C had liilled. 1))- I ~ i r \vo~~clerir~l eloquence, a l l chance of the success of Lord <icorgc Bcrcdord. The pensantry alld all the other C'~tt11olics x11o licard hiin resolved that, 110

matter u-hat it \\-oulcl mean for them, t l ~ e y would vote for 1-illicra St11;irt. \\-cll thry linv\v \\-hat \\-auld follow. Most oi t l ~ e i i ~ v-crc teilaiits u t tllc n-ill of the Narquis of ivaterford, a d thosc w r c days of open voting. Every Inan who 1-ntid a p a i ~ ~ s t ' Lord George kuew well l i n t ihc

. mark opposite tile u:mc of 1-illicrs Stuart meant ior him and his famil>- thc ~ ~ o a t l ~ i t l c and illcir homr in ruins ncxt fl;ly.

L)r. l icl ly a l ter t h c nominalions rcsulvcd to rllro\v Iiinlsclf \ \ . ~ t l ~ a l l h is might illto Lhc fight agaiilst t h e 13crcsforcls nncl their bigoted followers. wllo in thosc days rc,yi~rcle~l :IS mcrc d i r t every C:~tilc~lic a round them from

s ~ r e ~ i g t l l nl~cl vournge lo t l ~ c 1)tmlrle ~ 1 1 o \vuulcl I ~ a v e to .-i~crificc, nl l tl1c.y llad lor v o l i i ~ g a y u i n . 5 ~ l3creafr1r~1 I I I I [ L I ' l ,u tes ta~~i .\scc~icInncy. I t 1s relutLd 111~11 1 1 ~ 5 ~ra~rcI 'kc1 tilty ~ ~ i i l e s out of 111s rotid U I I ~ I day lo )ll,oc.llle tile t i t le dccclh of ! \YO frceliolclc~~s who \vc~.c? t c i vot , 1'111. ~11e (:;l(ltulic c a m e . 1)r. Kelly was ably i~ssisiccl by LIIC pricsts of tlic clioccsc, : ~ r ~ t l . ~lccelless to .iiiy, O'C'onnc~ll's q c a t coltrage, ulspirlng . . ~ d o q u r ~ ~ c c . , and in:-clnic~~~s orgLuli;.111g po\vcrs were :r hig

~ ) e r l ~ i ~ p s ~)ro~llc, tcd 1nuw t1ia11 imy other C'atl~olic: b is l~ol ) tlle c,;u~sc) I ) ! t111-. T,iberal Pnr ty . So ] r~~c* l ;~ l e w e r ;~pp l i ed 11i111self \ r i t l ~ 1 1 1 0 1 . ~ c'nergy lo t l ~ o s p i r i t ~ i i ~ l i ~ ~ t c r e s t I I ~ h i s flock, allti

Dr. Kelly lived to see tlle passing of Catllolic- Emancipation in 1829." H died O I I t 1 1 ~ 8th October in tliat year, and is buried i n 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 rc l~nt less ly persecuted and proscribed, ,but from which they emcrgecl t'riulnpl~al?t and free

The following is a list of tlic. Catholic Bishops of t h e 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

LIST OF BISHOPS

& Lismore.

BEFORE DR. PATRICK COMERFORD (1 629-1 652.)

c,!l~:[iC~~tc~l ~\x--I , separa te a n d entirely inclepenclent cl iocc. .~~ I I . , ti, I 1 1 ~ >-car 13W. \vhcn ~!lc.y wrrc u11i~r.d I I I I ~ P ~ one bishop , , . I 1 1 1 ~ . I { , , : I I ~ ~ ,!I' I<Q&~*I, C r ~ i ( l ~ I ~ ~ : . l ~ t i ! \> 1~1.1 I~LI I : : IS 1 . :

\ \ . .~t!-rt~ri , l 0111!-. 'l ' l ie, 5 - v ( 3 : I . ~ S I I I ( I ! L ~ 1v.1,~ ~ + t i i : ~ I i ~ l ~ ! ~ ~ i :1l)0111 ti:30 by St. C'artl~age. and tha t of Wilterford i l l 111!15 I,>- 1\11, Ijaiics. Tllr D iocex of Idismore colnprisrtl prn1.- 1 ir.;rll:i nl l f l ~ r ~ i ~ . c t ' l l t united dioccsca, \ v i ~ h t11~. cxccpt io l~

111, ( ' I :) . [ , I \ \ - ; ~ t r r F ~ ~ ~ c l and Y O I : L ! I I I ~ 1 l , -1 , d i s t~ . i~! .% l o , . I ) I I I ~ I I I ,i,,, I < ; i ? t , I ' : I \ . > I ~ P I r a I ~ > n r ~ . i111tI liil1111*;i11o11 ' I ' I I I I ~ 11

1:. i l l 1 1 ~ . - < ~ , I I t l ~ ; i { \ \ 'aterinr~l I ) iocv>~, I-, ;I.< \ . c > I , ~ si11;111 I , X I I I i s I I I t i I !I" , . I I \ - '171~. I),!!~CS ~t \ \ ~ ; i t c l i ~ ~ ~ ~ O l)iiic,!,<~, j d I I Q l o \ , , i ~ ~ r I ~ I , , ; I ( ' c . l t i ~ I , I ' I ' ~ ! ~ ~ I ~ ~ U I . ; In tllr. I ) io( .~~ic~; 1 I . ~ - ~ I I I I . c . i ~ i ! t l

( J..vII.>- 1,ikc ( 1 1 ~ I ' I ~ I I R A (81' 111~l~I in . l l~ ( tv , + I I ~ 111c-ir fir::! l ; i 4 , , ~ 1 . U ;~ IC~I I I I . . 1 0 < ' t ~ ~ ~ t i . r l n ~ r y for w~nswr; t t inn in s t ca~ l r ~ i I I , I Y J I I P 11il11 ~ . o ~ ~ s t . r r a i ~ . d 1)y t he Arrlllrkhop of Ci lsh~l IT \ \ ; I S 111irin: t h c I < p i s c o ] ) a ~ ~ - 01' ~ I ~ I I C I I I W (1U96-111U) t h ~ 1 ' l ~ i , ( l i ~ t l , i ~ ~ l ~ ~ ~ l of I-101~- Trinity wni c.rcc,trtl by t l ~ c Cllristiarl I J ; I I > P ? o ! \V:1i\\rit11,11. ' ~ I I V c ~ \ l l ~ c d ~ : t k , of CnllI'sc, ]XI$SVC~ int!t I ! ~ O I I : ~ I I I / + (11 1110 l ' ~ d ~ , t a ~ i t : : a t the tinlib of thr 13ei1.11.111ntioii. 01, 1 1 1 1 :~.-c.c..<si~~ii I I ~ ' Qucen 31al.y. all11 ;igain tollo\vin:: tl1:' . I I C W ~ . ~ ~ 11i I ! I ~ , ~ '~11!c~le,1:11i~ risiug. i l l ( , C ' i l 1 1 1 t d 1 ~ 1 ] i :~ :~scd I I I 1 1 r i 1 t i t a i l 1'11~ prcscnt 'at I I ~ I I I I ( '~1t111.1lral ill R ~ ~ ~ I - I E S I ra11d St r re t , \Y:~terforcl~ W:IS

1)1111t 1793 at :I C ~ I S ~ of f20.000 r:iaitil by the pcoplr oi 11,(. , l i n ~ . ~ . s ~ , . 1111:tr :IS \rcll a s r1r11. In I ' i l \ l l l l i ~ C : x l l ~ ~ l i ~ . . ~ r:i

\\'ateriortl \\.ere given perlniseio~i to erect a small chapei a t Rail(>y's Lanes. \rllicl~ ucr~~~pircl l ~ a r t 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. ' 1 1 ~ collegc cost E23,UIlO. The late Right Rev. Monsignor Ylynn, P.P., Ballybriclren, raiscd L4.000 towards the cost 6 ~ f erecting tllc c111lcgc durir~g a w r y successiul tour in . \ ~ n c ~ i c a . 'I'hc bnhncc was subscribed by the bishops. pricsts, and peol)le of the cliocese. I t s first president mas thc lntc Very Rev. Canon Dclany. D.D., who died in (hrr ic l i -on-S~~ir i l l May. 191G. The old college stood r ~ n ('ollcgc Rnad \I-llere the Good Shepherd Orphanage no^

s tands All tllc C!atholic r111ucli~s in the diocese except 5t Patrick's and the Cathedral, Waterlord, are 19th century struct~u're. T l ~ e y rrplaced thc old thatched chapels of thv r o i t For ful.tlirr information 011 the parochinl l~istory oi olir diocese during the 18th and 19th century, t h p r r n c l o is rctfcrwd lo that ~-c>rg interesting and informinz ~ o r l ; . " l'srui.lli:~I History of Waterford and Lismore " p111)liaiicd hy AJ,,ers N TTarwy nncl Co., Katcrforcl. a t 3,'-

BISHOPS OF LISMORE DIOCESE From 630 to 1362.

(From Sir James Ware's Irish Bishops.) -

S t . C'artll:lgr, or Nocli~tcla. (;30, H i c ~ o l o g c s rlicd J a n u a r y , G9$. Colniaii, ~ o u of F inba r , d i d J anna ry . 702. St. Cronan cliccl February . 717 ( l o l imn 0 Llatlliul diecl 725 M o c o g i ~ ~ r dicd 746. Konaii diecl 763. 0 Mailslunig died 10%. \ lor i~! lk~c, l~ 0 Selhoc diccl I c l Y 1 Vach i r th i r died 106-1. Mar l Duin 0 Rebccairi d ied 1091. 31:11. \lil. Aeduc;rn died 1123. (iiolln hIocuda O Xebacain clii.tl 1129. Rlnlclius. ll4II-ll5ll. Cliristiall 0 Conarchy, a C i s t e r c i~~ l l . 1l:~lr-llJi Foells . 1 i i9 . Fue l i s n.as ~ ~ F S C I I ~ . I [ i l i : I . : ~ t ~ r : i i ?

( , ,uncll . 1179 O'Ileda, 1206. Robei t De Bcdford, 1218-13%. Griff in Cliristophcr, 1223-1346. .2l;iu 0 S u l l i r n ~ ~ , 1218-1252. 'Thomas, 1253-1370. .John De X L I ~ C or ROCII. 1270-1271) l i i c l l ax l Cox. 1279-1308. \ ~ 7 i l l i a 1 ~ ~ l e Fleniing, 1308-1:+21 Joliii Txynagh, 1323-1354. Thoillas Ic Reve, 135s-1362. l'llnui.ls T.c Revr. Bidlop O E 1,isniol.c. I)cc:imc Bi.sl~ol) o i

1 11c I - ~ l i t c i l I1iocc.v of \Vaterford and l,ismnw 011 tlic d r a t 1 1 i l l 1363 ( x i Roper CI-nclock w h o v a s the l . ~ s t Rishop 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 UNITED DIOCESES OF

WATERFORD AND LISMORE

't'llmn,~s I.c Revc, 1363-1393. L L ~ l ) r \ ~ t Reaclc, a Domin ica~ i , 1384-l:;!lti. 1 3 ~ wii,- 1r;.t11,+

h r e r l lo Carlisle in 13'36. Thomas Sparkford, il 1)rieer of t I l (8 I)ioi.~lse of I X ; t f ) j : I I I ( ~

\ \ ' ( , I I.. 139G-1397. .1011~i Deppi i~g, 1357-139% T ~ I ~ I I I I L I S Snell. 139'3-1405 L<ogcr. 14116-1409. .loll11 (.;ecw. a. camtel i te . 1400-1-125. Kichnxl,1~2G-I446. Rolwrt Poer, lt16-1471. Ric.liard Martu l , lJ'E1474. .luhn 13rll(v1np, 1475-1479. S i ~ . l ~ o l ; ~ s 0 Henisa (0 Heune.~.i>-,. IP.0-14S:i . . I llnmaa I ' IIIYPI~, 1486-1517 Sicllolas ('omill (Cntilyn), t rn~ixln ic~l frnm 13'c!n= t o

\\-;~terforcl, 1519. resignctl 1 Z 1 , " vc7rr. ;~gctl illid i~il irni ." kay~ : \{-are.

I';iti.ick Ivaldh, 1551-1578 'I'i~r was vacant from t h e iltlntli 1 1 i Pat8rick \Tnlsh

ill 1,578 1(7 illc appr~ii i t in~?nt of Pat r ick c'lmarfol'd ill 16'39. 'I'IIP C'ail~olic Eishops froill 16% 9.1, t i l l . presrnt y e w (1917) :iw ri'i'cu in t h e Eoregoin? s k ~ t c l i w .

THE PROTESTANT BISHOPS OF WATERFORD AND LISMORE

(From Elizabeth to Villiam 111,)

1 1 % . I : I I I ~ I ~ ~ I ' ~ . 1860. aitcl diccl ill \ \~uterlort l . Xlrretul)er, l G G > . 1111g11 GUIY,~ I).l)., Dra11 l t f L i ~ l l l O ~ ~ . \va? <l~,poil l tec~ l>r,t- t t ~ t a n t I3ishup 01 \\'atel-ford ill l ichn~ar>- . ltiG5, and ~11ty1 i , i lG'i5. l ' l iu n r s t I ' ro tes ta~~t Eis l lo l~ of \\.atcrforcl yi1-c,~l ill " \ r a v > ' s Uislir~!)~ ' - is Xathi~nlnI Foqv. a l l po i~~ te i l 111 J11ly. ICiDI Ha was a Se l~ io r FelloIv oi 'l'ri11it~- C'ollegr~ hc~lo1.1- 11i.2 ; ~ ] r l ~ o i t ~ t ~ n e l l ~ 1,) 11117 nislioplic. i ) f \Yatn.iirl.cl

t\ s l~o r t tirne o l t r v llis arival ill \\'at,:~.fo~,cl. Mar111ad111;c. r i i c b filst l '~.ott :sta~~: I3isllnl1 u f t l l t T)ir,ccs.-t.. ~t.111 tlic folio\\-in;

I 1 7 t t c r to S i r F1.itr1c.i~ \Yalsi~lgIiat~l, Prillcilla l $~!c.l.rtary 1- t>!rcen 12112;111~~111 .-

' S111.11 1s the lniseriible s ta te r ~ i t l ~ i s nrctcherl ci ty ttial ill1 t h i l ~ p s are don^ contrary to t l ~ e sacretl ancl blessed !\-ill of 1111. I,orcl and also Her hIajeaty's nlost, sadly ~lrri l ,zrd~np,; ill c:lrIsrs sp i r i t~ l a l . 'Tl~e (iospel c~i C;irrl

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