biography
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| (1864–1963)
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| biography:
| Roman Catholic clergyman, born at Ráth Luirc, Co Cork, S Ireland. Ordained at Maynooth in 1890, he became president of the college in 1903. He went to Australia in 1913 as coadjutor in Melbourne, succeeding as archbishop in 1917. He opposed conscription, and attacked the government for lack of aid to Church schools. Despite the controversy this caused, he was responsible for establishing nearly 200 schools and more than 100 parishes. |
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