John Baptist O'Mahony D.D. (abt. 1851 - 1913)

Born about 1851 in County Cork, Ireland

Died 13 Nov 1913 at about age 62 in Clontead, County Cork, Ireland

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Biography

VERY REV. CANON JOHN B. O’MAHONY PP
Deceased

Parish Of Birth
Cathedral

Colleges Attended
St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth Co Kildare, Ireland

Pontifical Irish College Rome, Italy.

Details Of Ordination
Rome, Italy in 1875

Appointments

• Clontead PP : 1/1/1907 – 16/11/1913
• Chaplain, Lunatic Asylum : 1893 – 1902
• Chaplain, City and County Female Gaol : 1886 – 1/1/1907
• Chaplain, City Gaol : 11/1879 – 1886
• St. Finbarr’s Seminary, Farranferris/President : 1888 – 1/1/1907
• St. Finbarr’s Seminary, St. Patrick’s Hill/President : 1886 – 1888
• St. Finbarr’s Seminary, St. Patrick’s Hill : 1876 – 1886
• Chaplain, North Presentation Convent : 1876 – 11/1879

Notes
Canon O’Mahony studied for the priesthood both in Ireland and in Europe. He commenced his preparatory studies in St. Vincent’s Seminary, Cork, and completed them at the College of Jeuilly, in France. From Jeuilly he passed into the Philosophy House of St. Sulpice, at Issy. A year later, the College at Issy having been closed in consequence of the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War, he went to continue his course in the Sulpician College of Bayeux, in the North of France. On the conclusion of the war he entered the Theology House of St. Sulpice, Paris. From St. Sulpice’s he went to Innsbruck to finish his course. On the the conclusion of his studies, he went to to Rome to study in the School of St. Thomas. Having taken the degrees of Doctor of Divinity and Philosophy he was ordained in the summer of 1875.

Appointed Canon of the Cathedral Chapter in 1901.
He was a cousin of Very Rev. John Mulcahy, P.P., Timoleague and Very Rev. John Russell, P.P., Ballinhassig.

On his return to Cork from Rome he undertook together with Archdeacon J.J. Coghlan the care of the Diocesan Seminary. He was instrumental in the building of St. Finbarr’s Seminary, Farranferris, Cork, on a site donated by his family.

Date Of Death
16/11/1913

Place Of Death
Parochial House, Belgooly, Co. Cork

Place Of Burial
Church of the Sacred Heart Grounds, Belgooly, Co. Cork

Obituary
His Lordship, Most Rev. Dr. O’ Callaghan, O.P., Bishop of Cork presided at the Solemn Requiem Mass. The celebrant of the Mass was, Very Rev. Richard Canon McCarthy, P.P., V.F., Kinsale; deacon was, Fr. Patrick O’Donovan, C.C., Kinsale; sub-deacon was, Fr. Michael Carmody, C.C., Kinsale.

Associated Links
His cousin, Rev. John Mulcahy, PP
His cousin, Rev. John Russell, PP

Source: VERY REV. CANON JOHN B. O’MAHONY PP from corkandross.org

Records

Death of JOHN B. CANON OMAHONY on 13 November 1913:

• Name JOHN B. CANON OMAHONY
• Date of Death 1914
• Cause of Death Chronic Nephritis, Atheroma of Heart
• Location of Death Ornahory, Belgooly
• Group Registration ID 5359961
• SR District/Reg Area Kinsale
• Deceased Age at Death 62
• Deceased Condition Bachelor
• Deceased Occupation P.P. (parish priest)
• Present at Death Jerry Donovan, of Belgooly
• Image from https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/

Census

1901 Irish Census (Residents of a house 29.2 in Farranferris (Saint Mary's, Cork):

• OMahony John B 50y 1851 Male Head of Family Roman Catholic Cork City Read and write English Not Married CLERGYMAN D D PRESIDENT OF COLLEGE
• Hennessy Mary Jane 32y 1869 Female Servant Roman Catholic Dublin City Read and write English Widow HOUSE KEEPER DOMESTIC
• Farrell Hannah 23y 1878 Female Servant Roman Catholic Co Cork Read and write Irish and English Not Married COOK DOMESTIC SERVANT
• Higgins Mary 40y 1861 Female Servant Roman Catholic Cork City Read and write English Not Married HOUSE MAID DOMESTIC

1911 Irish Census (Residents of a house 11 in Lylee (Kilmonoge, Cork):

• O'Mahony John Baptist 59y 1852 Male Head of Family Roman Catholic Cork City Read and write Single PARISH PRIEST
• Dunlea Ellen 36y 1875 Female Domestic servant Roman Catholic Grange Co Cork Read and write Widow DOMESTIC SERVANT

Sources

• 1901 Irish Census from http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/

• 1901 Irish Census actual document from http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/

• 1911 Irish Census from http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/

• 1911 Irish Census actual document from http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/

• Record of Death from https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/

• VERY REV. CANON JOHN B. O’MAHONY PP from corkandross.org