Edward J. Fitzgerald (17 August 1883 – 25 November 1968) was an Irish
Roman Catholic
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priest.
Career
Fitzgerald was educated at
Christian Brothers College, Cork
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Their sister school in Dublin is CBC Monkstown.
History
In the mid ...
and was
ordained
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at
St Patrick's College, Maynooth in 1909. After ministering for a few years on the
Glasgow City Mission
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s, he was appointed
chaplain
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to
Bantry
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Convent. In 1913, Fitzgerald was appointed chaplain to
Cork City Gaol
Cork City Gaol is a former prison, now a museum, located in Cork City, Ireland.
History
In 1806 an Act of Parliament was passed to allow the building of a new Cork City Gaol to replace the old gaol at the North Gate Bridge (the old gaol, whi ...
and later taught at
St Finbarr's College, Farranferris
Farranferris was a secondary school in Cork City, Ireland. It opened in 1887, closed in 2006, and was an important institution in the twentieth century history of the city.
History Saint Finbarr’s Seminary
At the time of the Penal Laws Irish ...
for a period of eight years.
After a two-year
curacy on
Spike Island, Fitzgerald was appointed curate to the
South Parish. In December 1943, he was appointed
administrator
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of the parish and two years later became a canon of the
Cathedral chapter
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. Three years later Fitzgerald became
parish priest
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of
Dunmanway and remained there until May 1955 when he was appointed as the first parish priest of the new parish of
Ballinlough.
Fitzgerald was associated with a number of public and sporting bodies throughout
Cork
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. He was a member of the
Cork County Board of the
Gaelic Athletic Association
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and served as
team selector when the
Cork senior hurling team
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won
All-Ireland Championships in
1919
Events
January
* January 1
** The Czechoslovak Legions occupy much of the self-proclaimed "free city" of Pressburg (now Bratislava), enforcing its incorporation into the new republic of Czechoslovakia.
** HMY ''Iolaire'' sinks off the c ...
,
1926
Events January
* January 3 – Theodoros Pangalos declares himself dictator in Greece.
* January 8
**Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz.
** Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuy ascends the throne, the last monarch of V ...
and
1928
Events January
* January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA.
* January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhanov, J ...
.
Personal life and death
Born in Geraldine Place in
Cork
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, Fitzgerald was one of ten children born to
Edward Fitzgerald and Johanna O'Donoghue. His father was a member of
Cork Corporation
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who also served as
Lord Mayor of Cork. His brothers,
Andy
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and
Bill Fitzgerald Bill Fitzgerald may refer to:
* Bill Fitzgerald (hurler)
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Ca ...
, also played hurling with the
Cork senior hurling team
The Cork county hurling team represents Cork in hurling and is governed by Cork GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team competes in the three major annual inter-county competitions; the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Cha ...
.
Fitzgerald died at the
South Infirmary on 25 November 1968, aged 85.
Honours
;Cork
*
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
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:
1919
Events
January
* January 1
** The Czechoslovak Legions occupy much of the self-proclaimed "free city" of Pressburg (now Bratislava), enforcing its incorporation into the new republic of Czechoslovakia.
** HMY ''Iolaire'' sinks off the c ...
,
1926
Events January
* January 3 – Theodoros Pangalos declares himself dictator in Greece.
* January 8
**Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz.
** Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuy ascends the throne, the last monarch of V ...
,
1928
Events January
* January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA.
* January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhanov, J ...
*
Munster Senior Hurling Championship
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:
1919
Events
January
* January 1
** The Czechoslovak Legions occupy much of the self-proclaimed "free city" of Pressburg (now Bratislava), enforcing its incorporation into the new republic of Czechoslovakia.
** HMY ''Iolaire'' sinks off the c ...
,
1920
Events January
* January 1
** Polish–Soviet War in 1920: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20.
** Kauniainen, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its own ma ...
,
1926
Events January
* January 3 – Theodoros Pangalos declares himself dictator in Greece.
* January 8
**Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz.
** Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuy ascends the throne, the last monarch of V ...
,
1927
Events January
* January 1 – The British Broadcasting ''Company'' becomes the British Broadcasting ''Corporation'', when its Royal Charter of incorporation takes effect. John Reith becomes the first Director-General.
* January 7
* ...
,
1928
Events January
* January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA.
* January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhanov, J ...
*
National Hurling League
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:
1925–26
References
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1883 births
1968 deaths
Cork County Board administrators
Hurling selectors
20th-century Irish Roman Catholic priests