Rev Patrick Brennan CSSp

Title:

Rev

First Name:

Patrick

Middle Names:

Preferred Name:

Surname:

Brennan

Order:

CSSp

Date of Birth:

29-Jun-1857

Place of Birth:

Freshford, Co Kilkenny

Country of Birth:

Ireland

Date of Ordination:

1887

Place of Ordination:

Country of Ordination:

Ordination Diocese:

Seminary:

Date of Death:

28-Nov-1891

Place of Death:

Ballarat VIC

Country of Death:

Australia

Date of Burial:

1891

Place of Burial:

Ballarat VIC

Country of Burial:

Australia

Find A Grave URL:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157560813

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Biographical Notes

Fr T.J. Linane, From Abel to Zundolovich, Vol. 1, 1979, p 33:

Brennan, Patrick, CSSp., Irish
Great Athlete and Popular Teacher
b. Freshford, Co. Kilkenny 1857; ed. B'rock & Royal Uni. Coll., Dublin; ord. '87. Arr. Melb. with others in Holy Ghost community to serve education needs in Ballarat on the 'Ormuz', 9.11.'88. Very popular as a teacher and for his athletic prowess. He died of pneumonia at the age of 34 on 28.11.1891. His death was 'the last straw' in breaking down a community that the whimsical Bishop Moore compelled to leave in February 1892.
(Footprints, Vol. 1, No. 8)
Ref.: MDHC File, Torquay, compiled through the courtesy of Fr. John Ryan CSSp., Blackrock Coll., Dublin.