Priests of Peterswell

Parish Priests of Peterswell
(By Stephen Mannion and Shane Cooney 6th Class)

Father John Duffy
1819
Father Michael Gleeson
1819-1829
Father Patrick Bodkin Quinn
1829-1833
Father Patrick O’Connor
1833-1856
Father Thomas Grealy
1856-1874
Father Francis Forde
1874-1876
Father Jerome A Fahy
1876-1883
Father Patrick Geraghty
1883-1910
Father John Burke
1910-1941
Father Denis Hehir
1941-1951
Father James Larkin
1951-1973
Father Edward Kelly
1973-19??
Father Vincent Jennings
19??-1999
Father Paddy Callinan
Peterswell and Kilbeacanty
1999-2003
Father Derek Feeney
Peterswell and Kilchreest
2003-to date

Other priests who served in the parish :-
Father Andrew Hanrahan CC
1854-1855
Father Christopher O’Carroll CC
1855-1856
Father Redmond McHugh ADM
1895-1898 & 1899-1900
Father Malachy Eaton CC
1939-1941
Father James Larkin ADM
1944-1951

Both Father John Duffy and Father Michael Gleeson were both natives of the parish of Peterswell, both are buried in Kilthomas cemetery. Father John Duffy received his early education at his father’s hedge school in Gortnagown.