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PODCAST

The Irish Martyrs Podcast

Manus Mac Meanmain

On the Catholic Martyrs of Ireland.A reading of Father Dennis Murphy"s book "Our Martyrs," on Ireland"s Catholic Martyrs.

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13:18

26TH FEB 1606 CAPTURE OF ROBERT LALOR

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2026/02/26

HE was Vicar General of the dioceses of Dublin, Kildare, and Ferns, ‘a good and pious man, who has great influence in the ecclesiastical concerns of this kingdom.’[1] His capture is thus spoken of in a letter of Chichester to the Earl of Salisbury, of February 26th, 1606: ‘They have taken one Lawler, a priest, whose name is well known to the Lord Lieutenant. They got him by the endeavour of Sir Oliver Lambert, who set his lieutenant, who was then one of their provost marshals, t...

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6:02

25-6 February 1539, PATRICK HUMBERT, & OTHERS OF THE...

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2026/02/25

The Trinitarian convent1 of Dublin was one of the principal houses of the Order in Ireland. It was founded In 1188 by allured Le Palmer. It Stood on the site now Occupied by the Augustinian church, Thomas Street, and was dedicated to St. John the Baptist. The building was large and ornamental, its revenues were considerable and the Community numbered about fifty. On the first news reaching them of the King’s wicked design to subvert the Catholic faith and introduce a new creed, the former Pro...

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THE GUARDIAN AND BRETHREN OF THE FRANCISCAN COVENT,...

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2026/02/24

(From the Annals of the Four Masters, v. 1455) Commemorate on February 24th (date of order’s foundation in 1209 by St Francis of Assisi) The convent of Monaghan was founded by Féilim Mac Mathúna Lord of Oirghialla in 1462. No trace of it remains. The English throughout every part of Ireland where their power extended, were persecuting and banishing the Orders, and in particular they destroyed the convent of Monaghan, and beheaded the Guardian, with a number of the friars. In Ward’s Catalogue ...

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7:00

1535. VENERABLE JOHN TRAVERS[1], I.O.S.A. (From...

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2026/02/21

The 1st named Irish reformation martyr is John Travers, an Augustinian. He anonymously wrote: On the Authority of the Roman Pontiff.[2] He proved clearly that the primacy of Henry VIII. was mere fiction. He was seized and sent to London, kept in the Tower, examined, tortured, and being found steadfast, declared guilty of treason. He was led out, placed on a hurdle, and taken to the usual place of execution. [3] (A hurdle is a section of fence made from wattle, used as a makeshift sledge...

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1609 - DONOUGH MACREDY,[1] O.S.F.

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2026/02/20

HE was a priest, and because he had spread the Catholic faith with all his might throughout every province of Ireland, then convulsed with war, he was seized through hatred of the faith, and torn to pieces by means of four wild horses, and so he ended his life, to be followed by a triumphant entrance into eternal bliss, in the year 1609. See also Rothe, Copinger, O’Sullevan, and Ward [1] Another of similar name will be found at p. 125, antea. Clearly they are two distinct persons ; on...

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3:29

112: HILARY CONROY, O.S.F martyred in 1642.

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2026/02/19

(From Bruodin’s Propugnaculum, ., p. 727) HE was born of noble parents in the Co. Roscommon. Having finished the study of humanities, he chose a more perfect life in the profession of evangelical poverty, which was observed very strictly in the convent of Elphin, this was the house of the Order in which he made his noviciate. The Fathers were satisfied with his courtesy, humility, piety, and learning, and promoted him to the priesthood. The pious manner of life of the brethr...

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1584 (?) MR. AILWORTH

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2026/02/18

(From Challoner’s Memoirs, i. 98 and 227) DR. BRIDGEWATER relates that Mr. Ailworth, a secular gentleman, for his constancy in the faith was not only cast into prison and there put in irons, but also thrust by the jailer into a nasty dungeon, or rather a common sewer, where he perished by the stench within eight days.[1] Henry Holland in a letter gives some further details of his sufferings and death — ‘I cannot pass over in silence Mr. Ailworth,[2] a young Irish gentleman, of a singula...

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5:47

12-13 February Robert & other brethren of the...

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2026/02/12

(From Lopez’ Noticias Hisforicas, p. 150) The convent of Adare was the first house of the Order in this country.[1] The church is now the catholic parochial Church. Some parts of the convent are still standing. It was founded in 1230 by Thomas FitzGerald, third son of the second Baron of Offaly,[2] at the suggestion of the Earl of March, a Scotch nobleman, who was a patron of the Order. The Minister[3] of this convent in 1539 was Brother Robert. It was at this time that the impious decr...

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1st of February 1612, Cornelius O’Devaney

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2026/01/31

I will put up a full description on the 2nd or 3rd of February, as I am currently away. Please pray for final perseverance for all of us! May the martyrs of old inspire us all.

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30-01-1621 Francis Tailler

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2026/01/29

(From Molanus’ Idea,p.96) HE passed several years in prison in Dublin, and endured in it all the hardships of cold and confinement. Broken down by sufferings, he exchanged this brief life for eternity, in the year 1621. We have the following testimony borne to his merits by the Archbishop and several of the leading clergy of the city :- We, the undersigned, having been asked to declare what we know with certainty of the manner of life and of the death of Francis Tailler, sen...

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enslavement of Fr Morish Cleere 24th Jan 1655

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2026/01/24

From Page 39 of the book Please pray for final perseverance for all of us! May the martyrs of old inspire us all.

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21 Jan 1570 JOHN O’LOCHRAN, EDUMND FITZSIMON, AND...

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2026/01/21

(From Ward’s Catalogue) IN 1570 a certain Englishman named John Britton, or Brereton, accompanied by a body of soldiers, seized Brothers John O’Locran, Edmund Fitzsimon, and the Donogh O’Roarke, priests, in the convent of Down,[1] and after putting them to the torture repeatedly, hanged them near the place commonly called St. John’s Well, the spot where the angels appeared to St. Patrick.[2] He hanged two more in the garden of the convent from a tree, though he had received a large sum of mon...

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2:29

20th of January 1606. BERNARD O’KEAROLAN.[1]

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2026/01/19

(From Bruodin’s Propugnaculum, p. 472) HE was a Leinster priest, of noble family. The heretics accused him of having administered the sacraments according to the Roman rite, and without further process of law he was hanged and quartered on January 20th, 1606. F. Holywood, S.J., in a letter dated May 6th, of the same year, gives some further details concerning him: On Good Friday, the Marshal hanged by martial law a good priest named Bernard Kearolan, and this was done against the laws o...

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111 Cornelius O'Brien

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2026/01/18

(From Bruodin’s Propugnaculum, p. 699) HE was lord of Carrick,[1]in Co. Kerry, Perhaps of Carrigogunnell, on the Shannon, five miles below Limerick. a man of good family and great promise. While in the castle of Glynn, which was the residence of John Fitzgerald, not far from the banks of the Shannon, he was seized by some of Forbes’ soldiers and carried on board his ship. When neither promises nor threats could make him fall away from the faith, he was put to death in the same way...

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15th of January 1607. NEAL O’BOYLE, O.S.F.

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2026/01/14

(From Bruodin’s Propugnaculum p. 499) HE was descended from a noble family in Ulster, and adorned the Order of St. Francis for many years by his strict observance of the rule and holiness of life. At last he was seized by the heretics in the county of Tyrone, scourged with whips, and hanged, in hatred of the Catholic faith, and in this way he obtained the crown of martyrdom, January 15th, 1607. See also Rothe, Molanus, Ward, wadding, Porter, and Hueber. Please pray for final perseveranc...

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26:05

20th December 1607, SIR JOHN BURKE

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2025/12/19

(Rothe’s Analecta, p. 439) HE inherited Brittas in Limerick. A fancy took him to visit Spain. He heard of the liberty which Catholics enjoyed in Spain, and how that country befriended his own. His father-in-law did everything to prevent him from leaving. When he was hindered from leaving, he resumed the pious manner of life, heard Mass openly, devoted himself to works of charity, especially accompanying priests, on their missionary work. The report of his piety reached Bronchard, ...

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4th December 1600 PATRICK O’HEA.[1]

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2025/12/03

HE was a citizen of Wexford. Being an earnest Supporter of the Catholic faith, he was denounced by spies not only for having given shelter to Catholic bishops and priests who were pursued, but also for conveying them to France and Spain. By order of Lord Grey, the Viceroy, he was taken to Dublin and imprisoned there, though he had already paid a very heavy fine. This excellent man, worn out by the filth and hardships of the prison, died in the Lord, December 4, 1600. [1] Pro...

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27-11-1633. ARTHUR M’GEOGHEGAN, O.P.

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2025/11/26

(From O’Daly’s Relatio, p.364) F. MALPHÆUS, O.P. gives a detailed account of him. He landed in England. He was soon after accused in London of having said that it's lawful for any one to kill the King of England. He was found guilty, & hanged. But when the matter was brought too late to the notice of the Queen,[1] he was declared to have been falsely accused. F. Malphus relates wonderful things that happened. 1stly that when the rope was cut and he was ...

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21 Nov 1584 GELASIUS O’CULLENAN, O.CIST., HUGH...

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2025/11/20

(From Hartyr’s Triumphalia, p.253) GELASIUS O’CULLENAN[1] was born in Connaught. He was the oldest of 6 brothers, 5 joined the clergy. He went to Louvain and Rome. Having completed his studies, he returned to Ireland. He entered the Cistercian Order. His great virtue pointed him out as a fit person to be appointed Abbot of Boyle. One of the gentry had taken possession of the monastery and lands, by the edict of Elizabeth. The Abbot went to the usurper, admonished him o...

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1:36

17 November: Elizabeth Tudor starts her reign

The Irish Martyrs Podcast ·

2025/11/16

Please pray for final perseverance for all of us! May the martyrs of old inspire us all.

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