Original sentence: Cary family at Torre Abbey in 1822 and subsequently, in 1825, 1826 and 1829, investigated the prehistoric remains at Kent's Cavern in Devon, having being shown the cave by Thomas Northmore.Father John MacEnery (1796–1841) was an Irish Catholic priest and early archaeologist who came to Devon as Chaplain to the.He had great difficulty in reconciling his religious background with what he was finding and was ignored by his contemporaries who still subscribed to a pre-Darwinian, creationist view of the earth's history.He never published and it was left to William Pengelly to publicise and explore his findings in 1859, after MacEnery's death
Edited sentence: Father John MacEnery (27 November 1797–18 February 1841) was a Roman Catholic priest from Limerick, Ireland  and early archaeologist who came to Devon as Chaplain to the Cary family at Torre Abbey in 1822.He had great difficulty reconciling his religious background with what he was finding and was ignored by his contemporaries, who still subscribed to a pre-Darwinian, creationist view of the earth's history.He never published and it was left to William Pengelly to publicise and explore his findings in 1859, years after MacEnery's death at age 43.In 1825, 1826 and 1829, he investigated the prehistoric remains at Kent's Cavern in Devon, having being shown the cave by Thomas Northmore.John MacEnery's grave.Portrait of John MacEnery