Bishop Browne to Launch Book Banned by Predecessor in 1933

Bishop Browne to Launch Book Banned by Predecessor in 1933

A little bit of history will be made on Thursday, June 7th when the Bishop of Kerry Ray Browne will officially launch a book which was banned by his predecessor Dr Michael O’Brien, Bishop of Kerry 85 years ago. Bishop O’Brien took exception to a claim by curate Fr. William Ferris in his History of…

They Hanged John Twiss – the Michael O’Donohoe Memorial Collection

They Hanged John Twiss – the Michael O’Donohoe Memorial Collection

The Michael O’Donohoe Memorial Heritage Project contains many items of important, historical significance in its huge collection. Among these items are research notes on John Twiss of Ardmona, who was hanged in Cork County Jail on February 9th 1895 for the murder, on 21 April 1894, of James Donovan, a caretaker of an evicted farm…