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HISTORY Notes
on Some Other Parish priests
Fr
Ambrose Cassidy OFM (1817? -
1824)
Fr Ambrose was born about 1755 near Blacklion.
He was a member of the Franciscan order and was parish priest of
Ballinaglera in 1801. He was parish
priest in Inishmagrath by 1817 where he was reputed for his charitable work for
the poor and the hungry of the parish. He
lived in Tarmon, in the “Long White House”.
It seems that this is probably the old school, near the present church.
The old school in Tarmon, formerly the house in which Fr
Ambrose and his successor, Fr Tom Maguire lived.
Fr
Ambrose was buried in
Curraghs
Cemetery
. The flagstone over his grave tells
us that he died on 22 November 1824.
Fr flagstone to the fore of this picture marks the grave of Fr
Ambrose in Curraghs Cemetery
Thomas
Forde (1835 - 1853)
Fr Thomas Forde, a native of Ballinamore, became parish priest in 1835He resided
in the townland of Greyfield, in a house about 50 metres from Greyfield Cross.
He died on 14th May 1853 and was buried in Kilbride.
Bryan
Keany (1853 - 1866)
A native of Glenfarne. As PP of
Ballinaglera he worked hard for the alleviation of distress among his
parishioners during the Famine years. In
1854 he was appointed PP of Inishmagrath and immediately commenced work on the
building of a church in Newbridge. Work
on the church, dedicated to St Colmcille, was not completed until 1864.
Fr Keany also bought the land on which the present St Brigid’s Church,
Drumkeeran, was built at a later date. He
died in 1866 and was buried in
Aughaloughy
Cemetery
.
John
Magure (Apr 1866 - Nov 1866)
John Maguire was PP of Inishmagrath for only a few months of 1866.
It was he who bought the Protestant Minister’s house and made it the
Parochial House. The current
Parochial House stands on this same site.
James
McPartlan (1866 - 1886)
Born in the townland of Greaghnaslieve, James was appointed PP of his native
parish in 1866. He decided to
replace the old “Bog Chapel” with a new church, the current St Brigid’s
Church, in Lugmeen.
Work on
the new church started in 1866 and, three years later, the first Mass was said
in it in November 1869. Work was not
completed however until 1886 when the belfry was added.
Fr James
died in that same year and is remains were buried within the church.
His
burial place is marked by plaque on the wall in the north transept of the
church.
In
1873 Fr James presented a chalice to the parish. Today this chalice is
used in the celebration of Mass in Tarmon Church. The inscription on the
chalice reads: "Presented by the Rev James McPartlan PP 1873"
James
Dolan (1886 - 1904)
A native of Glenfarne, Fr James Dolan was one of the first professors on the
staff of the newly opened St Patrick’s College in Cavan, where he also served
as Dean and President. In 1886 was
appointed PP of Inishmagrath. He
commenced work on the building of a new church in Tarmon.
He was transferred to Manorhamilton before this work was completed.
Patrick
McMorrow (1904 - 1923)
Patrick was a native of Inishmagrath, being born in Tullymorrow in 1839.
Prior to his appointment to Inishmagrath in 1904 he was PP in Killargue,
where he built the parochial house.
As
PP of Inishmagrath Fr Patrick continued the work on Tarmon
Church
and it was completed in 1906. He
died in 1923.
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