List of Priests
Year | Parish Priest | Curate(s) |
1842 | Edmund Molony | |
1843 | Edmund Molony | James Enright |
1844 | Edmund Molony | James Moore |
1845 | Edmund Molony | James Moore |
1846 | Edmund Molony | James Moore |
1847 | Edmund Molony | James O’Riordan |
1848 | Patrick Benson | James O’Riordan |
1849 | Patrick Benson | James O’Riordan |
1850 | Patrick Benson | |
1851 | Patrick Benson | R. Somers |
1852 | Patrick Benson | William Toumey |
1853 | Patrick Benson | William Toumey |
1854 | Patrick Benson | William Toumey |
1855 | Patrick Benson | John Reeves |
1856 | Patrick Benson | John Reeves |
1857 | Patrick Benson | John Reeves |
1858 | Patrick Benson | John Reeves |
1859 | Patrick Benson | M. Cregan |
1860 | Patrick Benson | M. Cregan |
1861 | Patrick Benson | M. Cregan |
1862 | Patrick Benson | M. Cregan |
1863 | Patrick Benson | C. P. Kenny |
1864 | Patrick Benson | John Fitzgerald |
1865 | Patrick Benson | John Fitzgerald |
1866 | Patrick Benson | Patrick Lee |
1867 | Patrick Benson | Patrick Lee |
1868 | Patrick Benson | Patrick Lee |
1869 | Patrick Lee (Adm.) | J. Canty |
1870 | Patrick Lee (Adm.) | J. Canty |
1871 | Patrick Lee | Edmond Tracey |
1872 | Patrick Lee | Edmond Tracey |
1873 | Patrick Lee | Edmond Tracey |
1874 | Patrick Lee | John Ryan |
1875 | Patrick Lee | John Ryan |
1876 | Patrick Lee | John Ryan |
1877 | Patrick Lee | John Ryan |
1878 | John Conway | Michael Mulcahy |
1879 | John Conway | R. O’Kennedy |
1880 | John Conway | R. O’Kennedy |
1881 | John Conway | R. O’Kennedy |
1882 | John Conway | R. O’Kennedy |
1883 | John Conway | R. O’Kennedy |
1884 | John Conway | John O’Donnell |
1885 | John Conway | Patrick O’Donnell |
1886 | John Conway | Patrick O’Donnell |
1887 | John Conway | Patrick O’Donnell |
1888 | John Conway | Patrick O’Donnell |
1889 | John Conway | Patrick O’Donnell |
1890 | John Conway | E. O’Leary |
1891 | John Conway | E. O’Leary |
1892 | John Conway | E. O’Leary |
1893 | John Conway | George Culhane |
1894 | John Conway | George Culhane |
1895 | John Conway | George Culhane |
1896 | John Conway | George Culhane |
1897 | John Conway | George Culhane |
James Carroll | ||
1898 | John Conway | James Carroll |
1899 | Thomas Liston | James Carroll |
1900 | Thomas Liston | James Carroll |
1901 | Thomas Liston | D. Brosnahan |
1902 | Thomas Liston | Edward Fitzgerald |
1903 | Thomas Liston | Edward Fitzgerald |
1904 | Thomas Liston | Edward Fitzgerald |
1905 | Thomas Liston | Patrick Ryan |
1906 | Thomas Liston | Patrick Ryan |
1907 | Thomas Liston | Patrick Ryan |
1908 | Thomas Liston | Patrick Ryan |
1909 | Thomas Liston | Patrick Ryan |
1910 | Lawrence Curtin | Patrick Ryan |
1911 | Lawrence Curtin | Patrick Ryan |
1912 | Lawrence Curtin | James Carroll |
1913 | Lawrence Curtin | James Carroll |
1914 | Lawrence Curtin | James Carroll |
1915 | Lawrence Curtin | James Carroll |
1916 | Lawrence Curtin | James Carroll |
1917 | Lawrence Curtin | James Carroll |
1918 | Lawrence Curtin | James Carroll |
1919 | Lawrence Curtin | James Carroll |
1920 | Lawrence Curtin | James Carroll |
1921 | Lawrence Curtin | James Carroll |
1922 | Lawrence Curtin | William J. Carroll |
1923 | Lawrence Curtin | Patrick Lyons |
1924 | Lawrence Curtin | Patrick Lyons |
1925 | Jeremiah O’Gorman | Patrick Lyons |
1926 | Jeremiah O’Gorman | J. O’Regan |
1927 | Jeremiah O’Gorman | Thomas O’Sullivan |
1928 | Jeremiah O’Gorman | Michael Leahy |
1929 | Jeremiah O’Gorman | James Bluett |
1930 | Jeremiah O’Gorman | Ed. McCarthy |
1931 | Jeremiah O’Gorman | Ed. McCarthy |
1932 | Jeremiah O’Gorman | J. Leonard |
1933 | Jeremiah O’Gorman | J. Leonard |
1934 | Jeremiah O’Gorman | J. Leonard |
1935 | Canon Jeremiah O’Gorman | J. Leonard |
1936 | Canon Jeremiah O’Gorman | J. Leonard |
1937 | Canon Jeremiah O’Gorman | John Godfrey |
1938 | Canon Jeremiah O’Gorman | John Connors |
1939 | Canon Jeremiah O’Gorman | John Connors |
1940 | Canon Jeremiah O’Gorman | Patrick O’Dea |
1941 | Canon Jeremiah O’Gorman | Patrick O’Dea |
1942 | David Riordan | Patrick O’Dea |
1943 | David Riordan | Patrick O’Dea |
1944 | David Riordan | Maurice Crowley |
1945 | David Riordan | Maurice Crowley |
1946 | Robert Dunworth | Maurice Crowley |
1947 | Robert Dunworth | Maurice Crowley |
1948 | Robert Dunworth | Maurice Crowley |
1949 | Patrick Finn | Maurice Crowley |
1950 | Patrick Finn | Maurice Crowley |
1951 | Patrick Finn | Maurice Crowley |
1952 | Patrick Finn | Maurice Crowley |
1953 | Patrick Finn | Maurice Crowley |
1954 | Patrick Finn | David Wall |
1955 | Patrick Finn | David Wall |
1956 | Patrick Finn | David Wall |
1957 | Patrick Finn | David Wall |
1958 | Patrick Finn | David Wall |
1959 | Patrick Finn | David Wall |
1960 | Patrick Finn | David Wall |
1961 | Patrick Finn | David Wall |
1962 | Patrick Finn | David Wall |
1963 | James Bluett | David Wall |
1964 | James Bluett | David Wall |
1965 | James Bluett | Ronald Costello |
1966 | James Bluett | Ronald Costello |
1967 | James Bluett | Ronald Costello |
1968 | James Bluett | Ronald Costello |
1969 | James Bluett | Ronald Costello |
1970 | James Bluett | Ronald Costello |
1971 | James Bluett | Ronald Costello |
1972 | James Bluett | Ronald Costello |
1973 | James Bluett | Ronald Costello |
1974 | James Bluett | Ronald Costello |
1975 | Gerard Ryan | Ronald Costello |
1976 | Gerard Ryan | Ronald Costello |
1977 | Gerard Ryan | Ronald Costello |
1978 | Gerard Ryan | Ronald Costello |
1979 | Gerard Ryan | Ronald Costello |
1980 | Gerard Ryan | Ronald Costello |
1981 | Gerard Ryan | Ronald Costello |
Bernard McNally | ||
1982 | Gerard Ryan | Ronald Costello |
Bernard McNally | ||
Edward Looby (Adm.) | ||
1983 | Gerard Ryan | Ronald Costello |
Edward Looby (Adm.) | ||
1984 | Gerard Ryan | Edward Looby (Adm.) |
Joseph D. Griffin | ||
1985 | Edward Looby | Joseph D. Griffin |
1986 | Edward Looby | Joseph D. Griffin |
1987 | Edward Looby | Joseph D. Griffin |
1988 | Edward Looby | Joseph D. Griffin |
1989 | Edward Looby | Joseph D. Griffin |
1990 | Edward Looby | Joseph D. Griffin |
1991 | Edward Looby | Joseph D. Griffin |
1992 | Edward Looby | Joseph D. Griffin |
1993 | Edward Looby | Joseph D. Griffin |
1994 | Canon Edward Looby | Cornelius Collins |
1995 | Peadar de Búrca | Cornelius Collins |
1996 | Peadar de Búrca | Cornelius Collins |
1997 | Peadar de Búrca | Cornelius Collins |
1998 | Peadar de Búrca | Cornelius Collins |
1999 | Peadar de Búrca | Cornelius Collins |
2000 | Peadar de Búrca | Cornelius Collins |
2001 | Peadar de Búrca | Cornelius Collins |
2002 | Peadar de Búrca | Cornelius Collins |
2003 | Peadar de Búrca | Cornelius Collins |
2004 | Peadar de Búrca | Cornelius Collins |
2005 | Brendan Murphy | Peadar de Búrca |
2006 | Brendan Murphy | Peadar de Búrca |
2007 | Brendan Murphy | Peadar de Búrca |
The list of Priests from 1704 to 1836 is compiled from information gained in Begley’s History of the Diocese of Limerick Vol. III page 598. The remaining years are compiled from the Catholic Directories. Information contained in a directory of any given year refers to what happened the previous year. For example if a priest is recorded in the 1954 directory as being in a particular parish, this would mean that he was actually there in 1953.