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Edmund Ignatius Hogan S.J. (23 January 1831 – 26 November 1917) was an Irish Jesuit scholar.
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Life
Hogan was born atBelvelly
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near Cobh
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, co. Cork on 23 January 1831, the youngest son of William Hogan and his wife Mary Morris. He joined the Society of Jesus
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and studied for the priesthood in Belgium and France. He returned to Ireland where he taught German for a year at Clongowes Wood College
Clongowes Wood College SJ is a voluntary boarding school for boys near Clane, County Kildare, Ireland, founded by the Jesuits in 1814, which features prominently in James Joyce's semi-autobiographical novel ''A Portrait of the Artist as a You ...
; and then languages and music in the Sacred Heart College, Limerick
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After extensive research in Rome Hogan published a history of the Jesuits in Ireland and a life of Saint Patrick. He lectured on Irish language and history at University College Dublin
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, and was Todd Professor (Celtic) at the Royal Irish Academy
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_Works
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Works
Hogan's works included: *''Limerick, its history and antiquities'' (1866) *''Ibernia Ignatiana'' (1880) *''Cath Ruis na Ríg for Bóinn'' (1892) *''Distinguished Irishmen of the 16th Century'' (1894) *''History of the Irish wolf dog'' (1897) *''A handbook of Irish idioms'' (1898) *''Irish Phrase Book'' (1899) *''Onomasticon Goedelicum: An Index to Irish Names of Places and Tribes'' (1910) compiled from manuscripts; based on the research of John O'Donovan (scholar)">John O'Donovan. Other works were ''A Description of Ireland in 1598'' and ''Chronological list of the Irish members of the Society of Jesus, 1550-1814.'' He also contributed to the editing and compilation of works in his field.References
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