List of post-reformation saints in Ireland

Bl. Edmund Ignatius Rice, the first Irish-born Catholic to be beatified after the English Reformation.

This page is a list of post-reformation saints, blesseds, venerables, and Servants of God in Ireland, as recognised by the Roman Catholic Church. These people were born, died, or lived their religious life in Ireland.

Saints

• Joannes Andreas Houben (Charles of Saint Andrew) (1821–1893), Professed Priest of the Passionists (Limburg, Netherlands – Dublin, Ireland)
  • Declared "Venerable": 10 May 1979
  • Beatified: 16 October 1988 by Pope John Paul II
  • Canonized: 3 June 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI

Blesseds

• Edmund Ignatius Rice (1762–1844), Widower; Founder of the Irish Christian Brothers and the Presentation Brothers of Mary (Kilkenny – Waterford City, Ireland)
  • Declared "Venerable": 2 April 1993
  • Beatified: 6 October 1996 by Pope John Paul II
• Joseph Marmion (Columba) (1858–1923), Professed Priest of the Benedictines (Annunciation Congregation) (Dublin, Ireland – Namur, Belgium)
  • Declared "Venerable": 28 June 1999
  • Beatified: 3 September 2000 by Pope John Paul II
• John Sullivan (1861–1933), Professed Priest of the Jesuits (Dublin, Ireland)
  • Declared "Venerable": 7 November 2014
  • Beatified: 13 May 2017 by Cardinal Angelo Amato, S.D.B.

Venerables

• 
  Ven. Matt Talbot
• 
  Ven. Catherine McAuley
• 
  Ven. Edel Mary Quinn
• 
  Ven. Nano Nagle
• 
  Ven. Mary Aieknhead
• 
  Ven. Patrick Peyton

• Matt Talbot (1856–1925), Layperson of the Archdiocese of Dublin; Member of the Secular Franciscans (Dublin, Ireland)
  • Declared "Venerable": 3 October 1975
• Catherine McAuley (1778–1841), Founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy (Dublin, Ireland)
  • Declared "Venerable": 9 April 1990
• Edel Mary Quinn (1907–1944), Layperson of the Archdioceses of Nairobi and Dublin; Member of the Legion of Mary (Cork, Ireland – Nairobi, Kenya)
  • Declared "Venerable": 15 December 1994
• Honora [Nano] Nagle (1718–1784), Founder of the Presentation Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Cork, Ireland)
  • Declared "Venerable": 31 October 2013
• Mary Aikenhead (1787–1858), Founder of the Religious Sisters of Charity of Ireland (Cork – Dublin, Ireland)
  • Declared "Venerable": 18 March 2015
• Patrick Peyton (1909–1992), Professed Priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross (Mayo, Ireland – California, United)
  • Declared "Venerable": December 18, 2017

Servants of God

• 
  Tomb of Fr. Andrew Mullen
• 
  Mo. Margaret Mary Healy Murphy
• 
  Fr. Willie Doyle
• 
  Fr. Edward J. Flanagan
• 
  Mo. Mary Kevin Kearney
• 
  Alfie Lambe
• 
  Frank Duff

• Andrew Mullen (1790–1818), Priest of the Diocese of Kildaire and Leighlin (Offaly – Kilkenny, Ireland) ^[1]
• Alice O'Sullivan (Louise) (1836–1870), Vowed Member of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul; Martyr (Tipperary, Ireland – Hebei, China) ^[2]
• Patrick Ryan (1845–1878), Priest of the Diocese of Knoxville (Tipperary, Ireland – Tennessee, United States) ^{[3] [4]}
• Margaret Mary Healy Murphy (1833–1907), Widow; Founder of the Sisters of the Holy Spirit and Mary Immaculate (Cahersiveen, Ireland – Texas, United States) ^[5]
• William [Willie] Doyle (1873–1917), Professed Priest of the Jesuits (Dublin, Ireland – Zonnebeke, Belgium) ^[6]
• Joseph Shanahan (1871–1943), Professed Priest of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans); Bishop of Onitsha; Founder of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary (Tipperary, Ireland – Nairobi, Kenya) ^[7]
• Edward Joseph Flanagan (1886–1948), Priest of the Archdiocese of Omaha (Roscommon, Ireland – Nebraska, United States) ^{[8] [9] [10]}
• Martyrs of North Korea
  • Anthony Collier (1913–1950), Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban; Martyr (Louth, Ireland – Gangwon, South Korea) ^[11]
  • Patrick Reilly (1915–1950), Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban; Martyr (Westmeath, Ireland – Gangwon, South Korea) ^[12]
  • Thomas Cusack (1910–1950), Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban; Martyr (Clare, Ireland – Daejeon, South Korea) ^{[13] [14] [15]}
  • John O'Brien (1924–1950), Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban; Martyr (Roscommon, Ireland – Daejeon, South Korea) ^[16]
  • Francis Canavan (1915–1950), Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban; Martyr (Galway, Ireland – Chagang, North Korea) ^{[17] [18]}
• Teresa Kearney (Mary Kevin) (1875–1957), Founder of the Little Sisters of Saint Francis and the Franciscan Missionary Sisters for Africa (Wicklow, Ireland – Massachusetts, United States) ^{[19] [20]}
• Alphonsus [Alfie] Lambe (1932–1959), Layperson of the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires; Member of the Legion of Mary (Offaly, Ireland – Buenos Aires, Argentina)
• Francis Michael [Frank] Duff (1889–1980), Layperson of the Archdiocese of Dublin; Founder of the Legion of Mary (Dublin, Ireland)
• Declan O'Toole (1971–2002), Priest of the Mill Hill Missionaries; Martyr (Galway, Ireland – Kotido, Uganda) ^{[21] [22]}
• Colm O'Brien (1973–2009), Priest of the Diocese of Waterford and Lismore (Waterford City – Dublin, Ireland) ^{[23] [24]}

Candidates for sainthood

• 
  Mo. Mary Joseph Butler
• 
  Bp. James Whelan
• 
  Mo. Mary Vincent Whitty
• 
  Bp. Patrick Manogue
• 
  Sis. Anthony O'Connell
• 
  Ellen "Nellie" Organ
• 
  Mo. Mary Gonzaga Barry

• Mary Joseph Butler (1641–1723), Professed Religious of the Benedictine Nuns (Kilkenny, Ireland – West Flanders, Belgium)
• Frances Mary Teresa Ball (1794–1861), Cofounder of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Loreto Sisters) (Dublin, Ireland)
• Robert Walsh (Arsenius) (1804–1869), Professed Priest of thfaithwee Congregation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Mary (Picpus) (Ireland – Hawaii, United States)
• James Whelan (1823–1878), Professed Priest of the Dominicans; Bishop of Nashville; Founder of the Dominican Sisters of Saint Cecilia (Kilkenny, Ireland – Ohio, United States)
• Mary Frances Clarke (1803–1887), Founder of the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Dublin, Ireland – Iowa, United States) ^[25]
• Jeremiah Moran (1859–1887), Priest of the Society of African Missions; Martyr (Tipperary, Ireland – Plateux, Togo) ^[26]
• John Christopher Drumgoole (1816–1888), Priest of the Archdiocese of New York; Founder of the Sisters of Francis of the Mission of the Immaculate Virgin (Longford, Ireland – New York, United States)
• Ellen Whitty (Mary Vincent) (1819 - 1892), Professed Religious of the Religious Sisters of Mary (Wexford, Ireland - Queensland, Australia)
• Patrick Manogue (1831–1895), Bishop of Sacramentp (Kilkenny, Ireland – California, United States) ^[27]
• Mary Ellen O'Connell (Anthony) (1814–1897), Professed Religious of the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati (Limerick, Ireland – Ohio, United States)
• Geraldine Gibbons (Scholastica) (1817–1901), Founder of the Sisters of the Good Samaritan (Kinsale, Ireland – New South Wales, Australia) ^{[28] [29]}
• Ellen [Nellie] Organ (1903–1908), Child of the Diocese of Cork and Ross (Waterford – Cork, Ireland)
• Mary Gonzaga Barry (1834–1915), Professed Religious of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Loreto Sisters) (Wexford, Ireland – Victoria, Australia)
• Catherine Mehegan (Mary Xavier) (1825–1915), Founder of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth (Cork, Ireland – New Jersey, United States)
• James Edwin Coyle (1873–1921), Priest of the Diocese of Birmingham; Martyr (Roscommon, Ireland – Alabama, United States) ^[30]
• Patrick Heslin (1857–1921), Priest of the Archdiocese of San Francisco; Martyr (Longford, Ireland – California, United States) ^[31]
• Missionary Martyrs of China:
  • Timothy Leonard (1893–1929), Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban (Limerick, Ireland – Jiangxi, China) ^[32]
  • Cornelius Tierney (1872–1931), Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban (Monaghan, Ireland – Jiangxi, China)
• Johanna Butler (Marie Joseph) (1860–1940), Professed Religious of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary (Kilkenny, Ireland – New York, United States) ^[33]
• Missionary Martyrs of Papua New Guinea:
  • Michael Murphy (1911–1942), Professed Priest of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (Cork, Ireland – New Ireland, Papua New Guinea)
  • William Culhane (1897–1943), Professed Priest of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (Cork, Ireland – East New Britain, Papua New Guinea)
• Martyrs of the 1945 Battle of Manila, Philippines: ^[34]
  • John Heneghan (1882–1945), Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban (Mayo, Ireland – Manila, Philippines)
  • Patrick Kelley (1891–1945), Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban (Offaly, Ireland – Manila, Philippines)
  • Joseph Monoghan (1907–1945), Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban (Down, Ireland – Manila, Philippines)
  • Peter Fallon (1895–1945), Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban (Galway, Ireland – Manila, Philippines)
  • John Lalor (1897–1945), Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban (Cork, Ireland – Manila, Philippines)
  • William Kelly (Egbert Xavier) (1894–1945), Professed Religious of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (De La Salle Brothers) (Wicklow, Ireland – Manila, Philippines)
  • John Corcoran (Flavius Leo) (1876–1945), Professed Religious of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (De La Salle Brothers) (Kilkenny, Ireland – Manila, Philippines)
• Thomas Murphy (1906–1945), Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban; Martyr (Kildare, Ireland – Mandalay, Myanmar) ^[35]
• Thomas Flynn (1908–1950), Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban; Martyr (Clare, Ireland – Pangasinan, Philippines) ^[36]
• Elsie Quinlan (Mary Aidan) (1914–1952), Professed Religious of the Dominican Sisters of Saint Catherine of Siena of King William's Town; Martyr (Cork, Ireland – Eastern Cape, South Africa) ^[37]
• Hugh O'Flaherty (1898–1963), Priest of the Vicariate of Rome (Cork – Kerry, Ireland)
• John Walsh (1921–1964), Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban; Martyr (Cork, Ireland – Kachin, Myanmar) ^[38]
• Bridget Della Mary Gavin (Mary Ignatia) (1889–1966), Professed Religious of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Aigustine (Mayo, Ireland – Ohio, United States)
• Sarah Agnes Thackaberry (Cecilia) (1909–1969), Professed Religious of the Presentation Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary; Martyr (Dublin, Ireland – Imo, Nigeria) ^[39]
• Martin Dempsey (1934–1970), Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban; Martyr (Dublin, Ireland – Lanao del Sur, Philippines) ^[36]
• John Conway (1935–1977), Professed Priest of the Jesuits; Martyr (Kerry, Ireland – Harare, Zimbabwe) ^[40]
• Joan Sawyer (1932–1983), Professed Religious of the Missionary Sisters of Saint Columban; Martyr (Antrim, Ireland – Lima, Peru) ^[41]
• Martin Boyle (1942–1994), Priest of Saint Patrick's Missionary Society; Martyr (Clare, Ireland – near Nairobi, Kenya) ^[42]
• Edward Kerrigan (Senan) (1937–1994), Professed Religious of the Irish Christian Brothers; Martyr (Wexford, Ireland – Tonkolili, Sierra Leone) ^[43]
• Felim McAllister (1941–1994), Professed Priest of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans); Martyr (Dublin, Ireland – Kenema, Sierra Leone) ^{[44] [43]}
• Vincent Power (1931–1994), Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban; Martyr (Tipperary, Ireland – Trelawny, Jamaica) ^[45]
• Eileen Connell (Mary Petronilla) (1946–1995), Professed Religious of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of the Apostles; Martyr (Kerry, Ireland – Ughelli North, Nigeria) ^[39]
• Larry Timmons (Placidus) (1948–1997), Professed Religious of the Franciscan Brothers of the Third Order Regular of Mountbellew; Martyr (Westmeath, Ireland – Molo, Kenya) ^[42]
• Sheila Corcoran (1925–2000), Professed Religious of the Dominican Sisters of Cabra; Martyr (Kerry, Ireland – Port Elizabeth, South Africa) ^[37]
• Rufus Halley (1944–2001), Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban; Martyr (Waterford, Ireland – Lanao del Sur, Philippines) ^[36]
• Declan Collins (1952–2002), Professed Priest of the Salesians of Don Bosco; Martyr (Louth, Ireland – Gauteng, South Africa) ^[37]
• Michael Courtney (1945–2003), Titular Archbishop of Eanach Dúin; Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi; Martyr (Tipperary, Ireland – Bujumbura, Burundi) ^[46]
• Mary Philomena Fogarty (Mary Coirle) (1935–2003), Professed Religious of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary; Martyr (Cork, Ireland – Virginia, United States) ^[31]
• John Francis Hannon (1939–2004), Priest of the Society of African Missions; Martyr (Limerick, Ireland – Ngong, Kenya) ^[42]
• Jeremiah Roche (1941–2009), Priest of the Saint Patrick's Missionary Society; Martyr (Limerick, Ireland – Kericho, Kenya) ^[42]
• Bernadette Conway (John Berchmans) (1929–2022), Professed Religious of the Religious of Jesus and Mary (Clare, Ireland – Karachi, Pakistan) ^[47]

See also

• List of post-reformation saints in the United Kingdom
• List of Catholic martyrs of the English Reformation
• List of American candidates for sainthood
• List of Canadian Catholic saints and beatified people
• List of Scandinavian saints

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