Drumconrath Parish

Rev. Anthony O’Neill

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• Rev. Anthony O’Neill (1941-1960) was born in 1895 in Ballymore parish. He was educated at St. Finian’s College and the Irish College in Rome. He was ordained in Maynooth in 1919 and served as a reader in Dunboyne and then as curate in the parishes of Kilmessan, Stamullen, Summerhill, Slane, Mountnugent, Kilcloon and Moynalvey. Fr. O’Neill was appointed parish priest of Drumconrath in January 1941. He erected ‘Calvary’ in the local graveyard in 1954. He died on 29th March 1960 and is buried in Drumconrath cemetery.

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Researched and Compiled by Kathleen McArdle, “Brookville”, Drumconrath. Source: Faith History of Drumconrath – Meath Hill.