John Finlay (Dean of Leighlin) explained
John Finlay (27 June 1842 – 12 June 1921) was Dean of Leighlin from 1895 until [1] 1912.
Finlay was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1867. He began his ecclesiastical career as a curate in Clonenagh. He was the incumbent at Lorum from 1873 to 1890 when he moved to Carlow.[2] Upon his retirement he moved to Brackley House near Bawnboy, Co. Cavan.[3]
He was murdered[4] by the IRA[5] on 12 June 1921[6] for apparently objecting to his home being burned, to deny it being used to shelter security forces.[7] Eleven members of the IRAs Cavan Brigade were arrested in connection with Finlays murder.[8]
There is a memorial to him at St Peter, Templeport.[9]
Further reading
Book: Bury, Robin . 2017 . Buried Lives - The Protestants of Southern Ireland . Dublin . The History Press Ireland . 57 . 978-184588-880-0.
Notes and References
- "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
- ‘FINLAY, Very Rev. John’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 31 Oct 2013
- O'Halpin, Eunan & Ó Corráin, Daithí (2020), The Dead of the Irish Revolution. Yale University Press, pg. 473-474
- Web site: Murder of Dean Finlay . 25 May 1922 . 50 . Hansard . 10 February 2020 .
- http://www.historyireland.com/20th-century-contemporary-history/tit-for-tat-the-war-of-independence-in-the-northern-counties/ History Ireland web-site
- http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlcar2/Carlow_1922_32.htm Rootsweb
- http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlcar2/Carlow_1922_32.htm Rootsweb
- O'Halpin, pg. 473
- https://archive.today/20131031114812/http://www.stpeter.utvinternet.com/memorialspage/Rev-J-Finley-Memorial.htm Photo
