Catholic Church of the Holy Rosary
Catholic Church of the Holy Rosary
During the early years of the nineteenth century, Daniel Delany, Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, saw education as a pathway to a fuller and better life for all. To progress his vision he founded the Brigidine Sisters in 1807 and the Patrician Brothers in 1808. He also founded the present Catholic Church of the Holy Rosary. The church was dedicated in 1805; the tower and steeple were added in 1833.The fine Bishop Daniel Delany Museum in the Brigidine Convent gives a history of these orders and displays artefacts associated with the bishop.
Did You Know…
During the 1960s Cork born Patrician Brother Colm O’ Connell was educated at the Patrician
Colleges of Mount Wolseley and Ballykealy. Since 1976 he has been based at their school at
Iten, Kenya from where he has trained more international and Olympic athletes than any other
school in the world.
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