Saturday 5 December 2015

25. Daniel Hinrechan, Philip O'See and Maurice O'Scanlan O.S.F.

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24. Daniel O'Neilan O.S.F. (From Bruodin’s Propugnaculum, p. 439)

DANIEL ONEILAN, born in Thomond of a noble family,
consecrated himself to God by vows in the Order of St. Francis in the year 1560,
and he lived in it for twenty years, both in Ireland and Spain.
During this time he made great progress both in virtue and in learning,
so that he was the model of a good religious to all.
Urged by zeal for the salvation of souls,
he returned to his native country which was then ravaged by the fury of the heretics.
Immediately on landing at the port of Youghal, he was seized by William Morgan,
the Governor of the town, and closely questioned.
Daniel openly and fearlessly declared that he was a priest and a member of the Seraphic Order.
When the cruel tyrant heard this, without any process of law,
he directed that Father Daniel’s hands should be tied behind his back, and then ordered him to be scourged,
and salt and vinegar to be put into the wounds made on the skin by the lash.
At last the tyrants seeing Neilan’s courage, for he prayed without ceasing for himself and his persecutors,
and despairing of changing his purpose,
since he refused the honours offered to him if he would join with the heretics,
ordered this brave champion of Christ to be hanged from the vane of a wind-mill with his head down,
like Peter, the prince of the Apostles, and to be shot at till his whole body was pierced through with balls.
By such a martyrdom Daniel earned for himself a glorious crown in heaven.
He suffered at Youghal, in Munster, March 28th 1580.
See also Holing, Fitzsimon, Rothe, Copinger, O’Sullevan, Molanus, Ward, Wadding, and Hueber.To order a copy of the book, or to make a contribution towards future re-prints, please contact Damian Richardson on 086-336 1392
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23. Edmund MacDonnell, SJ

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Monday 26 October 2015

22. The Martyrdom of John O'Dowd OSF of the Convent of Elphin

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21. Tadhg O'Daly, OSF 1579

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19. Thomas Moeran, Dean of Cork & 20. Simon Luttrell, Archdeacon of Meath.

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Wednesday 7 October 2015

18. Patrick O'Hely, Bishop of Mayo & Con O'Rourke, OSF

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16. EDMUND TANNER, BISHOP OF CORK & 17. DAVID HURLEY, DEAN OF EMLY

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15. PHELIM O’HARA AND HENRY DeLaHAYDE O.S.F.

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Saturday 5 September 2015

14. Hugh Lacy, Bishop of Limerick

HUGH LACY, born of a noble family in Munster, was chosen Bishop of Limerick1
while Henry VIII. was still obedient to the Church.
When the King apostatized, he could not induce Hugh to join in his rebellion or to stain himself by subscribing to this supremacy.
Wherefore he was deprived first of his revenues and afterwards of his bishopric.
When the King could effect nothing by these means, he had Lacy shut up in a noisome prison in Cork, the filth of which almost caused his death.
When he was released he returned to Limerick, to his flock.
As the evil grew in strength during the last years of Henry’s reign he fled, and went to France.
When Mary ascended the throne, he was called back by Cardinal Pole, to the great delight of all the diocese, where he tended his flock for many years.
When he was over sixty years of age, Elizabeth, began to lay waste the vineyard of the Lord.
Lacy, was again driven from his See, and cast into prison, because he would not take the oath of Supremacy.
Worn out by these sufferings, he died on the 26th March, 1577.2
The date given by Rothe, 1580, is most probably, the correct one, for Holinshed says, Lacy was upon some suspicions committed prisoner to his own house in 1579, and his successor was appointed in 1582.
1 Brady says he was appointed in 1556. Ep. Succ., ii.42


2 The date given by Rothe, 1580, is most probably, the correct one, for Holinshed says, Lacy was upon some suspicions committed prisoner to his own house in 1579. Chron., vi. 429 ; and his successor was appointed in 1582. See Moran’s Archbishops, p. 186

13. Maurice Gibbon Archbishop of Cashel



MAURICE GIBBON, a native of Munster, and Archbishop of Cashel, was confined in prison for many years in Cork because he refused to take the oath of Supremacy,
and died there in 1578.


Monday 24 August 2015

12. Thomas Coursy



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11. Fergall Ward, O.S.F.



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10. John O'Lochran, Edmund Fitzsimon, & Donagh O'Roarke O.S.F.



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9. Dermot O'Mulrony, Brother Thomas & another O.S.F.


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Monday 10 August 2015

8. Daniel O'Duillian, O.S.F.

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Sunday 9 August 2015

7. Roger Congaill and Conor Mac Varra O.S.F.

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E. Reign of Elizabeth Tudor

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6. The Cistercians of Saint Mary's Abbey, Dublin 1541

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Saturday 8 August 2015

5. The Gaurdian and Brethren of the Franciscan Convent, Monaghan

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4. Cornelius O'Neill, Bishop of Limerick and the Religious of the Trinitarian Convent of that city

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3. Patrick Humbert and others of the Trinitarian Convent Dublin


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Friday 31 July 2015

2. Robert and other brethren of the Trinitarian convent in Adare.

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1. John Travers

Chancellor of Christ Church Cathedral, John Travers is the earliest known Irish Catholic Martyr of the reign of Henry VIII.
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Wednesday 29 July 2015

Introduction

Introduction: The reigns of Henry VIII, Edward and Mary. This episodes treats of the legal and political developments of the period between Henry's decision to put aside his wife and the death of Mary Tudor.

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Preface


Preface: Explaining what the word martyr means.
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The Author



Biographical note on the author.

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Monday 27 July 2015

Finding the book

THE OLD Irish saying that “the ink lasts longer than a martyr’s blood” certainly resonated with me on that spring morning in 2007 when I received a call to remove waste from a house in Dublin.
I never realised how significant this phone-call would turn out to be.
As a contractor this type of request is standard practice.
An elderly lady passed away and as the home was to be sold, her brother wanted the house cleared of its contents.
I was in the midst of the clutter when I spotted three cardboard boxes with a hardback book lying on top of them.
I read the title “Our Martyrs’ decided to have a closer look at it later when I got a chance.
Later that evening I perused the book with great interest.
I realised very soon that I had discovered a  treasure that had nearly been lost to the rubbish heap.
As I read the book from cover to cover it dawned on me through much prayer that the message of these holy martyrs had to be re-told.
I began to speak with family and friends about the possibility of re-printing the book and was overwhelmed by the generous support that I received.
With the reprinting of this book the story of these holy men and women who died for their Catholic faith can be told to a new generation of people who may never have heard their story.
One Religious Brother sums up the bravery of these martyrs when he said at his execution:
“For this cause I would be willing to die not once but a thousand deaths”- Blessed Dominic Collins.
Between the years 1537 and 1714, in Ireland and England, the attempted extermination of Catholicism as a religion was witnessed.
This was to be brought about by the execution of clergy and lay people who would not denounce their faith.
These people were summarily beaten, tortured and executed in the cruelest way.
One, Bishop Dermot O’Hurley, had his legs boiled over a roaring fire in order to force him to denounce his beliefs.
When he refused they eventually hanged him.
Contained in this book is only a sample of the many brave and courageous people who gave their lives for a faith that they defended to the death.
The distinct Irish Catholic culture of the people was and still is worth dying for.
It became clear to me that there were two reasons that they were willing to lay down their lives;
they would not denounce the authority of the Catholic Church or the real presence of Jesus in the Holy Eucharist, (body, blood, soul and divinity).
When you read the history of these brave martyrs it brings a sense of urgency to protect the treasure that we have in our faith.
Blessed Terence Albert O’Brien at his execution on 31st October 1651 said;
“Do not weep for me, but pray that being firm and unbroken in this torment of death, I may happily finish my course.”
I have three aspirations for everyone who reads this book about our martyrs, that they will keep alive the stories contained herein, that they will realise that our Catholic heritage is a tradition worth preserving and lastly that they will be motivated to ‘finish the course’ set before us.
With the help of this book I have learned not to be complacent about my faith and would encourage you to read and understand what past generations have suffered, to give us the freedom, to partake in the Holy Sacraments today.
-
Damien Richardson

Narator's Introduction

Our Martyrs
By Fr Dennis Murphy
Rescued & Re-printed by Damien Richardson
Read and Arranged for narration by Manus Mac Meanmain
Thank you for listening to this serialised audio presentation. Here are just a few notes before I begin.
The equipment used, is, for economic reasons, not up to the standard I would like to use for this purpose. Likewise, my own performance is nowhere near that of those podcasters I have come to admire and has tempered my opinion of those whom I had regarded as poor performers.
You would think it would be straightforward to read a book out loud,
but unfortunately the voice I record is not a patch on the voice that rehearses in my head.
However, it is my hope that the message and history in Fr Murphy’s words will overcome any limitations placed on them by my way failings, so that you, the listener, will reach a new understanding and appreciation of the sacrifice previous generations made to pass on the faith, a faith which contemporary Ireland is trying to turn its back on.
There are a few places where I have made changes, usually on the assumption that there has been a mis-print. Mostly this consisted of changing a letter, or at most a word. In other places I have added to the original, usually in circumstances where a modern listener would not know that which I presume was common knowledge to readers of Fr Murphy’s time. Elsewhere, where I deemed appropriate I have included what was in the footnotes as part of the normal narration. A reader could easily refer to the bottom of the page, but the listener cannot.
This audio serialisation does not follow exactly the order in which the material appears in the book. Fr Murphy deals with the political and legal situation in his early chapters, with the individual stories of martyrdom in the second part of the book. I have judged that if I were listening to, rather than reading Fr Murphy’s book, I would want to hear the stories of individual martyrs as soon as possible. Therefore I have submitted to the web the narration of individual stories immediately after the chapter concerning the reign in which the murders occurred. If you have come to this series after the final episode has been completed, you can of course listen to the episodes in accordance with the order in the book. To facilitate you I will be numbering the first part of the book alphabetically, and the second part numerically.
Finally, you will I’m sure, find that the episodes vary greatly in length. In some cases this is because the different stories of Martyrdom themselves vary in length. Some are little more than a few lines, whilst others, such as that of Primate Archbishop Richard Creagh are as long and detailed as a whole chapter of a book.
The first few episodes of this series, such as this one, deal not with Fr Murphy’s work but my introduction, the story of how the book was found, and the preface written when the book was first published.
Despite the flaws of both the narrator and his equipment, I hope you enjoy this presentation of this important work.
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