Carron (Caron), Raymond (Redmond)
Carron (Caron), Raymond (Redmond) (c.1605–1666), Franciscan visitor apostolic and theologian, was born in Co. Westmeath near Athlone around 1605. He joined the Franciscans, probably at Athlone, before studying at the friary at Drogheda and then at Salzburg and Louvain. He…...
Casey, John
Casey, John (1769/70–1861), priest and antiquary, was born in Castleshannon, Ballyheigue, Co. Kerry; his father was possibly a native of Ballyheigue, his mother a Lawlor from Ardfert. Educated at the college of Killarney, he was ordained in 1804, aged thirty-five. It is believed…...
Casey, William
Casey, William (1844–1907), Catholic priest and Land Leaguer, was born at Kilbeheny, Castlequarter, near Mitchelstown, Co. Cork, in 1844 and was educated briefly at Mount Melleray and then at St Colman's College, Fermoy, before going to Carlow College to train for the Catholic…...
Cassidy, Joseph
Cassidy, Joseph (1933–2013), archbishop and preacher, was born on 29 October 1933 in Charlestown, Co. Mayo, the only son of seven children of John Cassidy, national school headteacher, and Mary Cassidy (née Gallagher). His maternal uncle, Canon Eddie Gallagher, was parish priest of…...
Caulfield, James
Caulfield, James (c.1732–1814), catholic bishop of Ferns, was born at Saltmills, Co. Wexford. He was educated at a classical school at Saltmills conducted by a Church of Ireland minister under the patronage of Caesar Colclough…...
Cavanagh, Bartholomew
Cavanagh, Bartholomew (1821–97), catholic priest, was born in Kilcahill, Annaghdown, Co. Galway, one of thirteen children of John Cavanagh, affluent leaseholder of some 1,000 acres, mainly on the Blake estate, and Kate Cavanagh (née Browne). He studied first at a private school in…...
Cavanagh (Kavanagh), Patrick
Cavanagh (Kavanagh), Patrick (d. 1581), catholic martyr, was a sailor in the port of Wexford. In 1581 Viscount Baltinglass (qv), then in rebellion against Queen Elizabeth I, and his Jesuit chaplain Robert Rochford attempted to find…...
Challoner, Luke
Challoner, Luke (1550–1613), Church of Ireland clergyman and vice-provost of Trinity College, Dublin, was born into a prosperous family, which had emigrated from London to Dublin late in Henry VIII's reign. All that is known of his father is that he owned property in Dublin, but…...
Chamberlain (Chamberlane), Robert
Chamberlain (Chamberlane), Robert (d. 1636), Franciscan friar, theologian, and political activist, was probably born at Niselrath (later Rathneestin), in the parish of Tallonstown, Co. Louth. His father was Roger Chamberlain, and five of his brothers fought in the Nine Years War…...
Champfleur (de Champfleur), Walter
Champfleur (de Champfleur), Walter (fl. 1482–98), was abbot of St Mary's Cistercian abbey in Dublin. He served as keeper of the seal on the death of the lord chancellor, William Sherwood (qv), bishop of Meath, on 3 December…...
Chappell, William
Chappell, William (1582–1649), protestant bishop of Cork and Ross, and provost of TCD, was born 10 December 1582 at Lexington, Nottinghamshire, England, and was educated at Mansfield Grammar School and Christ's College, Cambridge (…...
Charles of St Andrew, Blessed Father
Charles of St Andrew, Blessed Father (1821–93), priest, was born John Andrew Houban 11 December 1821 in the province of Limburg, the Netherlands, fifth child among five sons and four daughters of Peter Joseph Houban, miller, and Jane Elizabeth Houban (née Luyten). At an early age…...
Charles, Robert Henry
Charles, Robert Henry (1855–1931), Biblical scholar, was born 6 August 1855 at Cookstown, Co. Tyrone, probably in Loy House, fifth of the seven sons of Dr David H. Charles and Annie E. Charles (née Allen). He attended Belfast Academy and won a scholarship to…...
Cheevers, Blessed Edward
Cheevers, Blessed Edward (d. 1581), Irish martyr, was a sailor in Wexford port. In 1581 he was one of a number of sailors who attempted to find passage to the Continent for Viscount Baltinglass (qv), then in rebellion against Queen…...
Chenevix, Richard
Chenevix, Richard (1697–1779), church of Ireland bishop, was born early in 1697, son of Philip Chenevix, colonel in the Guards, and grandson of Philip Chenevix, a huguenot clergyman who fled in 1685 from Limay, France, to England. Nothing is known of his mother. Richard was…...
Clancy, John
Clancy, John (1856–1912), catholic bishop of Elphin, was born 23 December 1856 at Ballygraney, Co. Sligo, son of Martin Clancy and Mary Clancy (née O'Connor). Educated at Kilross national school, the Marist Brothers school, Sligo, and the diocesan seminary, Summer Hill College,…...
Clare, Wallace George
Clare, Wallace George (1895–1963), priest and genealogist, was born 9 August 1895 in Ipswich, Suffolk, the only son of Frederick Clare, wine buyer, and Agnes Clare (née Keegan). His father died when Wallace was 2 years old, and his mother brought him and his sister up in…...
Clarke, Adam
Clarke, Adam (1760/62–1832), methodist minister and scholar, was born at Moybeg, near Maghera, Co. Londonderry, son of John Clarke (fl. 1762), schoolmaster, whose early marriage to a Miss McLean prevented him from completing a degree in…...
Clarke, Mary Frances
Clarke, Mary Frances (1803/6–87), founder of the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, was born either on 2 March 1803 or 1806 in Dublin, the eldest of four children of Cornelius Clarke, leather dealer, and Catherine Clarke (née Quartermas), daughter of a quaker from England.…...
Clarke, Sr Sarah
Clarke, Sr Sarah (1919–2002), nun and civil rights campaigner, was born 17 November 1919 in Eyrecourt, Co. Galway, daughter of Michael Clarke, farmer, and Brigid Clarke (née Claffey). Her father was injured in a fall from a horse and was confined to a wheelchair before succumbing to TB…...
Clayton, Robert
Clayton, Robert (1695–1758), Church of Ireland bishop of Clogher, antiquary, and religious controversialist, was born in England, possibly at Fulwood, near Preston, Lancashire, the eldest of eight children and first of four sons of John Clayton (1657–1725) and his wife, Eleanor (…...
Cleary, Henry William
Cleary, Henry William (1859–1929), catholic bishop of Auckland, was born 15 January 1859 at Oulart, Co. Wexford; he was baptised William Henry. His catholic father, Robert Cleary, a farmer, came from the neighbouring county of Wicklow and settled in Wexford after marrying Susan…...
Cleary, James Vincent
Cleary, James Vincent (1828–98), catholic archbishop and educator, was born 18 September 1828 in Dungarvan, Co. Waterford, the son of Thomas Cleary and his wife Margaret O'Brien. Educated locally, at the age of fifteen he went to Rome to begin studies for the priesthood. Returning…...
Cleary, Michael
Cleary, Michael (1933–93), priest and publicist, was born 23 November 1933 at 34 Lower Sheriff St., Dublin, the only son among five children of Daniel Cleary, publican, originally from Co. Tipperary, and Nellie Cleary (née Lavin), from Co. Roscommon. In his youth the family moved…...
Cleaver, Euseby
Cleaver, Euseby (1745–1819), Church of Ireland archbishop of Dublin, was born in the rectory of Twyford, near Buckingham, England, son of the Rev. William Cleaver, the Twyford schoolmaster. He was admitted a king's scholar at Westminster School (1759) and subsequently as an…...