List of post-reformation saints in Ireland
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This page is a list of post-reformation saints, blesseds, venerables, and Servants of God in Ireland, as recognised by the Roman Catholic Church. These people were born, died, or lived their religious life 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
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Ven. Matt Talbot
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Ven. Catherine McAuley
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Ven. Edel Mary Quinn
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Ven. Nano Nagle
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Ven. Mary Aieknhead
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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
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Tomb of Fr. Andrew Mullen
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Mo. Margaret Mary Healy Murphy
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Fr. Willie Doyle
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Fr. Edward J. Flanagan
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Mo. Mary Kevin Kearney
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Alfie Lambe
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Frank Duff
- Andrew Mullen (1790–1818), Priest of the Diocese of Kildaire and Leighlin (Offaly – Kilkenny, Ireland)[1]
- Alice O'Sullivan (Louise) (1836–1870), Vowed Member of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul; Martyr (Tipperary, Ireland – Hebei, China)[2]
- Patrick Ryan (1845–1878), Priest of the Diocese of Knoxville (Tipperary, Ireland – Tennessee, United States)[3][4]
- Margaret Mary Healy Murphy (1833–1907), Widow; Founder of the Sisters of the Holy Spirit and Mary Immaculate (Cahersiveen, Ireland – Texas, United States)[5]
- William [Willie] Doyle (1873–1917), Professed Priest of the Jesuits (Dublin, Ireland – Zonnebeke, Belgium)[6]
- 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)[7]
- Edward Joseph Flanagan (1886–1948), Priest of the Archdiocese of Omaha (Roscommon, Ireland – Nebraska, United States)[8][9][10]
- Martyrs of North Korea
- Anthony Collier (1913–1950), Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban; Martyr (Louth, Ireland – Gangwon, South Korea)[11]
- Patrick Reilly (1915–1950), Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban; Martyr (Westmeath, Ireland – Gangwon, South Korea)[12]
- Thomas Cusack (1910–1950), Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban; Martyr (Clare, Ireland – Daejeon, South Korea)[13][14][15]
- John O'Brien (1924–1950), Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban; Martyr (Roscommon, Ireland – Daejeon, South Korea)[16]
- Francis Canavan (1915–1950), Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban; Martyr (Galway, Ireland – Chagang, North Korea)[17][18]
- 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)[19][20]
- 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)[21][22]
- Colm O'Brien (1973–2009), Priest of the Diocese of Waterford and Lismore (Waterford City – Dublin, Ireland)[23][24]
Candidates for sainthood
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Bp. James Whelan
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Mo. Mary Vincent Whitty
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Bp. Patrick Manogue
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Sis. Anthony O'Connell
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Ellen "Nellie" Organ
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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)[25]
- 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)[26][27]
- 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)[28]
- Patrick Heslin (1857–1921), Priest of the Archdiocese of San Francisco; Martyr (Longford, Ireland – California, United States)[29]
- Missionary Martyrs of China:
- Timothy Leonard (1893–1929), Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban (Limerick, Ireland – Jiangxi, China)[30]
- 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)[31]
- 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:[32]
- 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)[33]
- Thomas Flynn (1908–1950), Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban; Martyr (Clare, Ireland – Pangasinan, Philippines)[34]
- 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)[35]
- 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)[36]
- Bridget Della Mary Gavin (Mary Ignatia) (1889–1966), Professed Religious of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Aigustine (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)[37]
- Martin Dempsey (1934–1970), Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban; Martyr (Dublin, Ireland – Lanao del Sur, Philippines)[34]
- John Conway (1935–1977), Professed Priest of the Jesuits; Martyr (Kerry, Ireland – Harare, Zimbabwe)[38]
- Joan Sawyer (1932–1983), Professed Religious of the Missionary Sisters of Saint Columban; Martyr (Antrim, Ireland – Lima, Peru)[39]
- Martin Boyle (1942–1994), Priest of Saint Patrick's Missionary Society; Martyr (Clare, Ireland – near Nairobi, Kenya)[40]
- Edward Kerrigan (Senan) (1937–1994), Professed Religious of the Irish Christian Brothers; Martyr (Wexford, Ireland – Tonkolili, Sierra Leone)[41]
- Felim McAllister (1941–1994), Professed Priest of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans); Martyr (Dublin, Ireland – Kenema, Sierra Leone)[42][41]
- Vincent Power (1931–1994), Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban; Martyr (Tipperary, Ireland – Trelawny, Jamaica)[43]
- Eileen Connell (Mary Petronilla) (1946–1995), Professed Religious of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of the Apostles; Martyr (Kerry, Ireland – Ughelli North, Nigeria)[37]
- Larry Timmons (Placidus) (1948–1997), Professed Religious of the Franciscan Brothers of the Third Order Regular of Mountbellew; Martyr (Westmeath, Ireland – Molo, Kenya)[40]
- Sheila Corcoran (1925–2000), Professed Religious of the Dominican Sisters of Cabra; Martyr (Kerry, Ireland – Port Elizabeth, South Africa)[35]
- Rufus Halley (1944–2001), Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban; Martyr (Waterford, Ireland – Lanao del Sur, Philippines)[34]
- Declan Collins (1952–2002), Professed Priest of the Salesians of Don Bosco; Martyr (Louth, Ireland – Gauteng, South Africa)[35]
- Michael Courtney (1945–2003), Titular Archbishop of Eanach Dúin; Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi; Martyr (Tipperary, Ireland – Bujumbura, Burundi)[44]
- Mary Philomena Fogarty (Mary Coirle) (1935–2003), Professed Religious of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary; Martyr (Cork, Ireland – Virginia, United States)[29]
- John Francis Hannon (1939–2004), Priest of the Society of African Missions; Martyr (Limerick, Ireland – Ngong, Kenya)[40]
- Jeremiah Roche (1941–2009), Priest of the Saint Patrick's Missionary Society; Martyr (Limerick, Ireland – Kericho, Kenya)[40]
- Bernadette Conway (John Berchmans) (1929–2022), Professed Religious of the Religious of Jesus and Mary (Clare, Ireland – Karachi, Pakistan)[45]
See also
- List of post-reformation saints in the United Kingdom
- List of Catholic martyrs of the English Reformation
- List of American candidates for sainthood
- List of Canadian Catholic saints and beatified people
- List of Scandinavian saints
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