Rev Thomas McCormack
Title:
Rev
First Name:
Thomas
Middle Names:
E.
Preferred Name:
Surname:
McCormack
Order:
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Boulea, Callan, Co Tipperary
Country of Birth:
Ireland
Date of Ordination:
Place of Ordination:
Thurles, Co Tipperary
Country of Ordination:
Ireland
Ordination Diocese:
Maitland-Newcastle
Seminary:
Date of Death:
Place of Death:
Boulea, Ballingarry, Co Tipperary
Country of Death:
Ireland
Date of Burial:
Place of Burial:
Buolick, Gortnahoo, Co Tipperary
Country of Burial:
Ireland
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Appointments Table
Diocese | Place | Role | Start Day | Start Month | Start Year | End Day | End Month | End Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maitland-Newcastle | Murrurundi/Quirindi | 1877 | Sydney Morning Herald, 14 February 1877; ACD 1878 p 50 | ||||||
| Maitland-Newcastle | West Maitland | 1878 | Australian Town and Country Journal, 20 July 1878; ACD 1880 p 47 |
Biographical Notes
The Government Gazette, The Sydney Morning Herald, 14 February 1877, p 7, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13387970:
Registration.—The undermentioned officiating ministers have been registered for the celebration of marriages: [...] Roman Catholic Church—The Rev. Thomas McCormack, Murrurundi.
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Marriage, The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser, 1 November 1877, p 1, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18821425:
Boland—Allen.—By special license at Quirindi, on the 25th October, 1877, by the Rev. T. McCormick, Michael John fourth son of Francis Boland, to Margaret Jane, eldest daughter of John Allen, Werriss Creek.
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Marriages, Australian Town and Country Journal, Sydney, 20 July 1878, p 41, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article70593182:
Crothers—Ledger—July 7, at St. John's Cathedral, West Maitland, by the Rev. T. McCormack, Charles Crothers, of Colly Blue, to Margaret Mary Ledger, of Murrurundi.
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District News. [...] Gloucester, The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser, 18 January 1881, p 3, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article814710:
We learn that the Rev. Father McCormack met with an accident a few days ago while travelling on horseback. It appears that the rev. gentleman's horse fell with him, and he got considerably bruised and shaken, and necessitated his staying here for two or three days to recover before proceeding on his journey. We are glad to learn, however, that he is now convalescent.
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Shipping Intelligence. Hobson's Bay. [...] Arrived. [...] Oct. 16, The Argus, Melbourne, 17 October 1881, p 4, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5986557:
Potosi, s.s., (Orient line), 4,219 tons, C. E. Darley, commander, from Sydney 14th inst. Passengers— saloon : [...] For London - Rev. T. McCormack, [...]
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Gravestone: "Beneath repose the mortal remains of the Rev. T.E. McCormack, Pastor of Dungog, Australia. Also Pastor of Beaufort, South Carolina, America. He died at his mother's residence, Boulintlea, April 4th 1893 in the 42nd year of his age and the 17th of his sacred ministry."---
Irish death record, https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/deaths_returns/deaths_1893/05999/4707037.pdf: Superintendent Registrar's District Callan, Registrar's District Ballingarry. 1893. Deaths Registered in the District of Ballingarry in the Union of Callan in the County of Tipperary. No. 442: On 4 April 1893 at Boulea, death of Thomas Cormack, male, bachelor, 42 years, A Roman Catholic Priest; probably of epilepsy, suddenly, no medical attendant; informant: Catherine Cormack, mother, present at death, of Boulea, 22 April 1893.
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T.W. Campbell, The Priests of the Diocese of Armidale: A Necrology, Braddon ACT, 2005:
McCormack, Thomas
Born at Ballingarry, Ireland, date of birth unknown. Details of education unknown. Studied at St Patrick's College, Thurles, and ordained on 29 June 1876 in the cathedral at Thurles by Archbishop Croke for the Maitland diocese. His first appointment may have been Dungog, following which he was at Quirindi in 1879, after the parish centre was moved from Wallabadah with the completion of the railway through Quirindi. He then was in Newcastle (1881-1883). It seems he then returned to Ireland where he died on 4 April 1893 in Tipperary. He was buried at Ballingarry.
(Sources: Heaton, Doody, Advocate 28 Aug 1875 p 6, 26 Aug 1876 p 8, MDHC A-Z Mc43).
(Reproduced by permission of Tom Campbell.)