ID23658
CollectionPapers of Dr Daniel Delany, Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin
Collection DescriptionDr Daniel Delany (c 1747-1814) was born to a farming family at Paddock, Mountrath, Co. Laois. Dr Delany’s father, Daniel, and brother, died during his childhood, and his mother, Elizabeth (née Fitzpatrick), sent him to her sisters in Mountrath to be educated. Dr Delany studied for the priesthood at the Irish College, Paris, and was ordained in 1770. He taught at the College of St Omer until 1775 or 1776 when he returned to Ireland, and was appointed curate, Tullow, Co. Carlow. Dr Delany was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop to Dr James Keeffe, Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, in 1783, and succeeded him as Bishop after Dr Keeffe died in 1787. Dr Delany undertook various activities to renew religion in the diocese. He began Sunday schools for children in Tullow, and founded two congregations, the Brigidine Sisters (1807) and Patrician Brothers (1808). Dr Delany died at Brigidine Convent, Tullow, on 9 July 1814, and is buried in the town’s parish church.
Collection Web Addresshttps://www.delanyarchive.ie/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/DrDanielDelanyCLD.pdf
ReferenceDA KL/DD/
Description

09: Undated (c.1813?) Bishop Daniel Delaney to Mother de Sales, Carlow. Reception of a novice, greetings to sisters (very frail condition).

AccessOpen for research by appointment with the Archivist, subject to the Delany Archive’s Access Policy.
Date1813
Century19th
Keywords
Note

Transferred by the Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin.

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