Dominicans in Ireland

The Dominican Order (Order of Preachers) has been present in Ireland since 1224 when the first foundation was established in Dublin. This was quickly followed by Drogheda (also 1224), Kilkenny (1225), Waterford (1226), Limerick (1227) and Cork (1229). The order was reestablished in the 19th century after having been driven out in the 17th century by laws against Catholic religious orders. During the penal laws, Irish Dominicans established colleges in Lisbon and Louvain (1624-1797) to train clergy for ministering in Ireland.

Ruins of the Dominican Friary at Burrishoole, County Mayo

Dominican convents, retreat houses, and houses of study

There are currently communities of Dominican friars in the following places in Ireland:

  • Convent and seminary in Cork city
  • Convent, house of study and retreat house in Tallaght
  • Community in Athy
  • Others

There are also communities of Dominican nuns in a number of places.

Dominican colleges

Secondary Schools in Ireland
Newbridge College in County Kildare

St Rose's Dominican College, established by the Dominicans in 1962 in Beechmount Avenue, Belfast St. Dominic's College, Dublin , A secondary school convent for girls, The "base" for Dominican Schools in the World

Further Education
  • Dominican Biblical Institute, a biblical research centre in Limerick, Ireland
  • The Priory Institute, Tallaght, Dublin, in what was the Dominican House of Studies until the year 2000
  • St. Saviour's Priory, Dorset St., Dublin now houses the Centre of Institutional Studies of the Irish Dominican friars

International
  • Dominican Convent High School, Harare, Zimbabwe, founded by an Irish Dominican nun
  • Saint Dominic's International School, near Lisbon, Portugal, founded by Irish Dominican sisters

Notable Irish Dominicans
  • Jofroi of Waterford, fl 1300?, scribe, translator
  • Edmund Bourke, (d. 1738), author
  • Anthony Dominic Fahy, 11 January 1805 - 20 February 1871), missionary in Argentina
  • Wilfrid Harrington, (b. 1927), theologian
  • Fr. Joseph Mullooly, (1812 - 1880), archaeologist
  • John Thomas Troy, (10 May 1739 - 11 May 1823), Archbishop of Dublin
  • Roche MacGeoghegan, 1580 - 26 May 1644), Bishop of Kildare
  • Thomas Burke, (1709 - 25 September 1776), Bishop of Ossory
  • Thomas Nicholas Burke, 8 September 1830 - 2 July 1882), preacher
  • James Joseph Carbery, 1 May 1823 - 17 December 1887), Bishop of Hamilton, Canada
  • Richard Luke Concanen, consecrated as the first Bishop of New York
  • Bishop John Connolly, second Bishop of New York (1814-1825)
  • Terence Albert O'Brien, (1600 - 31 Oct 1651), Bishop of Emly, martyr
  • Ambrose O'Conor, MTh, Provincial of the Irish Dominicans, nominated as Vicar Apostolic of Ardagh 1709, died 1711.
  • Daniel O'Daly, (1595 - 30 June 1662), diplomat and historian
  • Henry Flanagan, (1918–92), teacher, musician, artist and sculptor
  • Aengus Buckley, (1913–78). art teacher and artist (painting)
  • Brian McKevitt, publisher of Alive!, a conservative Catholic newspaper

See also

Category:

  • Dominican monasteries in the Republic of Ireland

Pages:

  • Doctrine and Life, periodical
  • Dominican Order
  • List of abbeys and priories in Ireland
  • List of abbeys and priories in Northern Ireland
  • List of Catholic religious institutes
  • Roman Catholicism in Ireland

References

    National

    Local communities and apostolates
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