St Patrick's, Carlow College, is a liberal arts college located in Carlow, Ireland. The college is the second oldest third level institution in Ireland and was founded in 1782 by James Keefe, then Roman Catholic Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, and his co-adjutor bishop Daniel Delany.
St Peter's College, Wexford is an Irish secondary school and former seminary located in Summerhill, overlooking Wexford town. It is a single-sex school for male pupils. Currently, the school's population is over 770.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin is a Roman Catholic diocese in eastern Ireland. It is one of three suffragan dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of Dublin and is subject to the Archdiocese of Dublin. On 7 May 2013, the Most Reverend Denis Nulty was appointed Bishop of the diocese.
James "Jim" Moriarty was an Irish Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin between 2002 and 2010.
Daniel Delany DD was the Roman Catholic Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin. Educated at the Irish College in Paris, he taught at the English Boys College of St Omer, 265 kilometres north of Paris.
The Brigidine Sisters are a global Roman Catholic congregation, founded by Bishop Daniel Delany in Tullow, Ireland on 1 February 1807. The sisters' apostolate is education.
James Warren Doyle, O.E.S.A. (1786–1834) was a Roman Catholic Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin in Ireland, who used the signature "JKL", an acronym from "James Kildare and Leighlin." Doyle was active in the Anti-Tithe movement. A campaigner for Catholic Emancipation until it was attained in 1829, he was also an educator, church organiser and the builder of Carlow cathedral.
The Cathedral of the Assumption is both the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin and the parish church for the cathedral parish. Located in Carlow town, the cathedral was dedicated to the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in 1833. It is known for its beautifully detailed 151 ft (46 m) spire which is one of the highest points in the town.
James B. Kavanagh was an Irish priest, teacher and President of St. Patrick's College, Carlow from 1864 to December 1880.
Henry Staunton, often called Dean Staunton, was an Irish priest and first president of St. Patrick's, Carlow College in 1792.
Patrick Lennon was an Irish priest who served as Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin.
Matthew Cullen (1864-1936) was an Irish Catholic priest and Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin.
Patrick Foley was a Roman Catholic professor, priest and Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin.
John Foley was an Irish priest who served a president of St. Patrick's, Carlow College.
Thomas Keogh was a Roman Catholic priest who became Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin. He was born in Gurteen, Skeoghvosteen, Graiguenamanagh, County Kilkenny in 1884. In 1898, he enrolled in St. Josephs's Academy in Bagenalstown, operated by the De La Salle Brothers. He studied for the priesthood in St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, and was ordained in 1909.
Laurence Ryan was an Irish priest, theologian and Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin.
Denis Nulty KC*HS is an Irish Roman Catholic prelate who has served as Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin since 2013.
Bishop Edward Nolan (1793-1837) was the Roman Catholic bishop in Kildare and Leighlin from 1834 until his death in 1837.
John Dunne was an Irish priest and educator, who served as President of Carlow College from 1856 to 1864. He was born in July 1816 in Ballinakill, Queens County(Laois) his great uncle also called John Dunne was Bishop of Ossory. His father John Dunne gave evidence along with James Doyle to a House of Commons Committee in London. Educated at Ballyroan, in 1834 he entered St. Patrick's, Carlow College, from which in 1837 he proceeded to Maynooth College completing his ecclesiastic course, he proceeding to study in the Dunboyne Establishment. Dunne returned to Carlow College as a Professor of Moral and Mental Philosophy, in 1850 he was appointed vice-president, and 1856 he succeeded Dr. Walshe as President of the college.
Bartholomew Vigors (1644–1721) was an Anglican priest in Ireland in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.
