John Finlay (Dean of Leighlin)
John Finlay (27 June 1842-11 June 1921) was Dean of Leighlin from 1895 until [1] 1912.
Finlay was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1867. He began his ecclesiastical career as a curate in Clonenagh. He was the incumbent at Lorum from 1873 to 1890 when he moved to Carlow.[2]
He was murdered[3] by the IRA[4]on June 12, 1921[5] for apparently objecting to his home being burned, to deny it being used to shelter security forces.[6]
There is a memorial to him at St Peter, Templeport.[7]
References
- ^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
- ^ ‘FINLAY, Very Rev. John’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 31 Oct 2013
- ^ Hansard
- ^ http://www.historyireland.com/20th-century-contemporary-history/tit-for-tat-the-war-of-independence-in-the-northern-counties/
- ^ Rootsweb
- ^ Rootsweb
- ^ Photo