The Irish standard., 1893-05-13

Emission. Then there was FraDcls hlr
Ivan, vicar general before his consecra.
Ition of Tuam, who was consecrated in
the Church of st. Lazare, Paris, May z,
1916, and who, after taking possession OF
his see, was busily engaged in repairing
This cathedral, when Cromwell came into
Ithe province and devastated it's shrines.
when Galway surrendered to the invad-
ers, in 1852, Bishop Kirwan found a
refuge for while with Walter de Burgo,
but eventually surrendered himself, with
Mother ecclesiastics, to the governor of
the province, by whom they we're all i'm
lprisoned for over year and then exiled
to Europe, where Bishop Kirwan found
an asylum at Nantes and Rennes, in the
latter of which city he joined the Jesuits,
died. without again seeing his flock, and
was buried in church Of the order to
which he belonged, Aug. ~, 1861, Killala
remaining vacant uutjl nine years sub
sequently, when Archdeacon John
Lynch of Tuam was made his successor.
OF that prelate, who before his conse-
Grafton taught a celebrated school in
Galway, the Protestant primate, James
Usher, whom the crown made inspector of
education in Ireland, reported: 1--WE
found at Galway public schoolmaster,
John Lynch, placed there by the citizens,
and to whose school great numbers of
scholars, not only of the province of Con-
naught, but also of the Pale and other
parts, resorted. We had proof, during
our stay in that city, how his scholars
profted under him by the verses and
orations which they brought us. We
sent fer the teacher, and seriously ad-
vised him to conform to the established
religion; and not prevailing with our ad-
vices, we enjoined him to forbear teach
ing, and I, the chancellorof st. Patrick's,
did take recognizance of him and some
others Of his relations in that city in the
sum of 9400 sterling, to his majesty's
use, that from henceforth he should for"
bear teaching any more without the Ii
cense Of the lord deputy" The church
to which he proved loyal made School
master Lynch the Bishop f Galway, and
he wrote the life of his illustrious prede-
csssor, Bishop Kirwan.
/ For q brief period in 1884 the:see OF
Killala had as an incumbent the, illustri-
GUS John McHale, "the Lion Of the Fold
of Judah" whose long prelacy IN the
metropolitan see of Tuam, to which he
was promoted from Killala, attracted the
attention during it's continuance, of the
whole Catholic world This truly re-
markable man was native of the Kill
lala diocese, his birthplace having been
the parish of Ardigool, which nestles at
the foot of Mount Nephin, one of the
lordliest hills of all Ireland. His classi-
cal studies completed, young McHale
went to Maynooth, made such brilliant
course there that he was appoined one of
the faculty, and on June l2, 1925, he was
chosen coadjutor to Bishop Waldron of
Killala, to whom he succeeded, on that
prelate's death. May, 1884. His incum-
bency of Killala lasted but few months.
though, for, in August of the year last
mentioned, he was transferred to the
archiepiscopal see of Tuam, in succession
to Archbishop Kelly, and continued to
govern that see up to the period of his
death in 1881, wearing mitre for up
wards of ffty-six years.
The deceased prelate was consecrated
Feb. A, 1871, and for score OF years he
ably administered the diocese alone. His
failing health then induced him to ask
for coadjutor, and Rome's choice fell
upon Rev. J. Conmy, the administrator
of the bishops parish, Backs, whose
conservation took place Aug. "a, 1892, in
the Ballina cathedral, the ceremony be-
ing of the most impressive description,
and attracting to Ballina large numbers
of the laity and clergy of the entire do
cese. DR.. Conmy now succeeds to the
title of Bishop of Killala.
The diocese of Killala, which COM
poses portions of Mayo and Sligo, is one
of the smallest of the Irish episcopates.
It has twenty-five parishes, eighteen par
ish and the same number Of minor priests,
thirty.nine churches and chapels, and
the only religious community in the
episcopate are the Sisters of Mercy, who
have convent at Ballina. The memory
of the sanity first prelate is perpetnated
in the diocesan seminary, which is dedi-
Gated to st. Muredack This institution
is under the immediate supervision OF
the bishop of the diocese. and the prelate
who now succeeds to the title Of the see
was for q number of years its president.
In addition to the seminary, the Sisters
of Mercy conduct boarding school at
Ballina, and there is an excellent equip
ment of parochial schools, under the pa
tronage of the priests and taught by Sc
cular instructors, throughout the entire