# List of post-Reformation Catholic saints in Ireland

The Catholic Church recognises certain deceased Catholics as saints, beati, venerabili, and servants of God. In the post-Reformation period, some such people were born, died, or lived in Ireland.

## Saints

* Joannes Andreas Houben (Charles of Saint Andrew) (1821–1893), Professed Priest of the Passionists (Limburg, Netherlands – Dublin, Ireland)
** Declared "Venerable": 10 May 1979
** Beatified: 16 October 1988 by Pope John Paul II
** Canonized: 3 June 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI

## Blesseds

* Edmund Ignatius Rice (1762–1844), Widower; Founder of the Irish Christian Brothers and the Presentation Brothers of Mary (Kilkenny – Waterford City, Ireland)
** Declared "Venerable": 2 April 1993
** Beatified: 6 October 1996 by Pope John Paul II
* Joseph Marmion (Columba) (1858–1923), Professed Priest of the Benedictines (Annunciation Congregation) (Dublin, Ireland – Namur, Belgium)
** Declared "Venerable": 28 June 1999
** Beatified: 3 September 2000 by Pope John Paul II
* John Sullivan (1861–1933), Professed Priest of the Jesuits (Dublin, Ireland)
** Declared "Venerable": 7 November 2014
** Beatified: 13 May 2017 by Cardinal Angelo Amato, S.D.B.

## Venerables

* Ven. Matt Talbot
* Ven. Catherine McAuley
* Ven. Edel Mary Quinn
* Ven. Nano Nagle
* Ven. Mary Aieknhead
* Ven. Patrick Peyton
* Matt Talbot (1856–1925), Layperson of the Archdiocese of Dublin; Member of the Secular Franciscans (Dublin, Ireland)
** Declared "Venerable": 3 October 1975
* Catherine McAuley (1778–1841), Founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy (Dublin, Ireland)
** Declared "Venerable": 9 April 1990
* Edel Mary Quinn (1907–1944), Layperson of the Archdioceses of Nairobi and Dublin; Member of the Legion of Mary (Cork, Ireland – Nairobi, Kenya)
** Declared "Venerable": 15 December 1994
* Honora [Nano] Nagle (1718–1784), Founder of the Presentation Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Cork, Ireland)
** Declared "Venerable": 31 October 2013
* Mary Aikenhead (1787–1858), Founder of the Religious Sisters of Charity of Ireland (Cork – Dublin, Ireland)
** Declared "Venerable": 18 March 2015
* Patrick Peyton (1909–1992), Professed Priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross (Mayo, Ireland – California, United)
** Declared "Venerable": December 18, 2017

## Servants of God

* Tomb of Fr. Andrew Mullen
* Mo. Margaret Mary Healy Murphy
* Fr. Willie Doyle
* Fr. Edward J. Flanagan
* Mo. Mary Kevin Kearney
* Alfie Lambe
* Frank Duff
* Andrew Mullen (1790–1818), Priest of the Diocese of Kildaire and Leighlin (Offaly – Kilkenny, Ireland)
* Alice O'Sullivan (Louise) (1836–1870), Vowed Member of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul; Martyr (Tipperary, Ireland – Hebei, China)
* Patrick Ryan (1845–1878), Priest of the Diocese of Knoxville (Tipperary, Ireland – Tennessee, United States)
* Margaret Mary Healy Murphy (1833–1907), Widow; Founder of the Sisters of the Holy Spirit and Mary Immaculate (Cahersiveen, Ireland – Texas, United States)
* William [Willie] Doyle (1873–1917), Professed Priest of the Jesuits (Dublin, Ireland – Zonnebeke, Belgium)
* Joseph Shanahan (1871–1943), Professed Priest of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans); Bishop of Onitsha; Founder of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary (Tipperary, Ireland – Nairobi, Kenya)
* Edward Joseph Flanagan (1886–1948), Priest of the Archdiocese of Omaha (Roscommon, Ireland – Nebraska, United States)
* Martyrs of North Korea
** Anthony Collier (1913–1950), Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban; Martyr (Louth, Ireland – Gangwon, South Korea)
** Patrick Reilly (1915–1950), Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban; Martyr (Westmeath, Ireland – Gangwon, South Korea)
** Thomas Cusack (1910–1950), Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban; Martyr (Clare, Ireland – Daejeon, South Korea)
** John O'Brien (1924–1950), Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban; Martyr (Roscommon, Ireland – Daejeon, South Korea)
** Francis Canavan (1915–1950), Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban; Martyr (Galway, Ireland – Chagang, North Korea)
* Teresa Kearney (Mary Kevin) (1875–1957), Founder of the Little Sisters of Saint Francis and the Franciscan Missionary Sisters for Africa (Wicklow, Ireland – Massachusetts, United States)
* Alphonsus [Alfie] Lambe (1932–1959), Layperson of the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires; Member of the Legion of Mary (Offaly, Ireland – Buenos Aires, Argentina)
* Francis Michael [Frank] Duff (1889–1980), Layperson of the Archdiocese of Dublin; Founder of the Legion of Mary (Dublin, Ireland)
* Declan O'Toole (1971–2002), Priest of the Mill Hill Missionaries; Martyr (Galway, Ireland – Kotido, Uganda)
* Colm O'Brien (1973–2009), Priest of the Diocese of Waterford and Lismore (Waterford City – Dublin, Ireland)

## Candidates for sainthood

* Bp. James Whelan
* Mo. Mary Vincent Whitty
* Bp. Patrick Manogue
* Sis. Anthony O'Connell
* Ellen "Nellie" Organ
* Mo. Mary Gonzaga Barry
* John Christopher Drumgoole (1816–1888), Priest of the Archdiocese of New York; Founder of the Sisters of Francis of the Mission of the Immaculate Virgin (Longford, Ireland – New York, United States)
* Ellen Whitty (Mary Vincent) (1819 - 1892), Professed Religious of the Religious Sisters of Mary (Wexford, Ireland - Queensland, Australia)
* Patrick Manogue (1831–1895), Bishop of Sacramentp (Kilkenny, Ireland – California, United States)
* Mary Ellen O'Connell (Anthony) (1814–1897), Professed Religious of the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati (Limerick, Ireland – Ohio, United States)
* Geraldine Gibbons (Scholastica) (1817–1901), Founder of the Sisters of the Good Samaritan (Kinsale, Ireland – New South Wales, Australia)
* Ellen [Nellie] Organ (1903–1908), Child of the Diocese of Cork and Ross (Waterford – Cork, Ireland)
* Mary Gonzaga Barry (1834–1915), Professed Religious of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Loreto Sisters) (Wexford, Ireland – Victoria, Australia)
* Catherine Mehegan (Mary Xavier) (1825–1915), Founder of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth (Cork, Ireland – New Jersey, United States)
* James Edwin Coyle (1873–1921), Priest of the Diocese of Birmingham; Martyr (Roscommon, Ireland – Alabama, United States)
* Patrick Heslin (1857–1921), Priest of the Archdiocese of San Francisco; Martyr (Longford, Ireland – California, United States)
* Missionary Martyrs of China:
** Timothy Leonard (1893–1929), Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban (Limerick, Ireland – Jiangxi, China)
** Cornelius Tierney (1872–1931), Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban (Monaghan, Ireland – Jiangxi, China)
* Johanna Butler (Marie Joseph) (1860–1940), Professed Religious of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary (Kilkenny, Ireland – New York, United States)
* Missionary Martyrs of Papua New Guinea:
** Michael Murphy (1911–1942), Professed Priest of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (Cork, Ireland – New Ireland, Papua New Guinea)
** William Culhane (1897–1943), Professed Priest of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (Cork, Ireland – East New Britain, Papua New Guinea)
* Martyrs of the 1945 Battle of Manila, Philippines:
** John Heneghan (1882–1945), Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban (Mayo, Ireland – Manila, Philippines)
** Patrick Kelley (1891–1945), Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban (Offaly, Ireland – Manila, Philippines)
** Joseph Monoghan (1907–1945), Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban (Down, Ireland – Manila, Philippines)
** Peter Fallon (1895–1945), Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban (Galway, Ireland – Manila, Philippines)
** John Lalor (1897–1945), Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban (Cork, Ireland – Manila, Philippines)
** William Kelly (Egbert Xavier) (1894–1945), Professed Religious of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (De La Salle Brothers) (Wicklow, Ireland – Manila, Philippines)
** John Corcoran (Flavius Leo) (1876–1945), Professed Religious of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (De La Salle Brothers) (Kilkenny, Ireland – Manila, Philippines)
* Thomas Murphy (1906–1945), Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban; Martyr (Kildare, Ireland – Mandalay, Myanmar)
* Thomas Flynn (1908–1950), Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban; Martyr (Clare, Ireland – Pangasinan, Philippines)
* Elsie Quinlan (Mary Aidan) (1914–1952), Professed Religious of the Dominican Sisters of Saint Catherine of Siena of King William's Town; Martyr (Cork, Ireland – Eastern Cape, South Africa)
* Hugh O'Flaherty (1898–1963), Priest of the Vicariate of Rome (Cork – Kerry, Ireland)
* John Walsh (1921–1964), Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban; Martyr (Cork, Ireland – Kachin, Myanmar)
* Bridget Della Mary Gavin (Mary Ignatia) (1889–1966), Professed Religious of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Augustine (Mayo, Ireland – Ohio, United States)
* Sarah Agnes Thackaberry (Cecilia) (1909–1969), Professed Religious of the Presentation Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary; Martyr (Dublin, Ireland – Imo, Nigeria)
* Martin Dempsey (1934–1970), Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban; Martyr (Dublin, Ireland – Lanao del Sur, Philippines)
* John Conway (1935–1977), Professed Priest of the Jesuits; Martyr (Kerry, Ireland – Harare, Zimbabwe)
* Joan Sawyer (1932–1983), Professed Religious of the Missionary Sisters of Saint Columban; Martyr (Antrim, Ireland – Lima, Peru)
* Martin Boyle (1942–1994), Priest of Saint Patrick's Missionary Society; Martyr (Clare, Ireland – near Nairobi, Kenya)
* Edward Kerrigan (Senan) (1937–1994), Professed Religious of the Irish Christian Brothers; Martyr (Wexford, Ireland – Tonkolili, Sierra Leone)
* Felim McAllister (1941–1994), Professed Priest of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans); Martyr (Dublin, Ireland – Kenema, Sierra Leone)
* Vincent Power (1931–1994), Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban; Martyr (Tipperary, Ireland – Trelawny, Jamaica)
* Eileen Connell (Mary Petronilla) (1946–1995), Professed Religious of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of the Apostles; Martyr (Kerry, Ireland – Ughelli North, Nigeria)
* Larry Timmons (Placidus) (1948–1997), Professed Religious of the Franciscan Brothers of the Third Order Regular of Mountbellew; Martyr (Westmeath, Ireland – Molo, Kenya)
* Sheila Corcoran (1925–2000), Professed Religious of the Dominican Sisters of Cabra; Martyr (Kerry, Ireland – Port Elizabeth, South Africa)
* Rufus Halley (1944–2001), Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban; Martyr (Waterford, Ireland – Lanao del Sur, Philippines)
* Declan Collins (1952–2002), Professed Priest of the Salesians of Don Bosco; Martyr (Louth, Ireland – Gauteng, South Africa)
* Michael Courtney (1945–2003), Titular Archbishop of Eanach Dúin; Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi; Martyr (Tipperary, Ireland – Bujumbura, Burundi)
* Mary Philomena Fogarty (Mary Coirle) (1935–2003), Professed Religious of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary; Martyr (Cork, Ireland – Virginia, United States)
* John Francis Hannon (1939–2004), Priest of the Society of African Missions; Martyr (Limerick, Ireland – Ngong, Kenya)
* Jeremiah Roche (1941–2009), Priest of the Saint Patrick's Missionary Society; Martyr (Limerick, Ireland – Kericho, Kenya)
* Bernadette Conway (John Berchmans) (1929–2022), Professed Religious of the Religious of Jesus and Mary (Clare, Ireland – Karachi, Pakistan)