Cahal Daly was later created a Cardinal-Priest of S Patrizio by Pope John Paul II in the consistory of 28 June 1991.
32 Facts About Cahal Daly
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Charles Brendan Cahal Daly was born in Ballybraddin, Loughguile, a village near Ballymoney in County Antrim, the third child of seven born to Charles Cahal Daly and Susan Connolly.
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Cahal Daly's father was a primary school teacher originally from Keadue, County Roscommon, and his mother a native of Antrim.
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Cahal Daly was educated at St Patrick's National School in Loughguile, and then as a boarder in St Malachy's College, Belfast, in 1930.
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Cahal Daly entered St Patrick's College, Maynooth and was ordained to the priesthood on 22 June 1941.
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Cahal Daly continued studies in theology in Maynooth, from where he obtained a doctorate in divinity in 1944.
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Cahal Daly persisted with his studies well into his retirement.
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Cahal Daly was a popular figure with the university and fondly remembered by his students.
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Cahal Daly was named a Canon of the Cathedral Chapter of Diocese of Down and Connor in 1966.
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Cahal Daly was a peritus, or theological expert, at the Second Vatican Council to Bishop William Philbin during the first session of the Council and to William Cardinal Conway for the rest of the council.
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Cahal Daly dedicated himself to scholarship for 30 years, and published several books seeking to bring about understanding between the warring factions in Northern Ireland.
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Cahal Daly was appointed Reader in Scholastic Philosophy at Queen's University in 1963, a post he held until 1967, when he was appointed Bishop of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise on 26 May.
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Cahal Daly spent 15 years as bishop in Longford and was diligent about parish visitation and confirmations gradually assumed a greater national profile.
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Cahal Daly succeeded William Philbin as the 30th Bishop of Down and Connor when he was installed as bishop of his native diocese at a ceremony in St Peter's Cathedral, Belfast, on 17 October 1982.
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On 6 November 1990, Cahal Daly was appointed Archbishop of Armagh and, as such, Primate of All Ireland.
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Cahal Daly's age made him an unexpected occupant of the post.
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Cardinal Cahal Daly took a notably harder line against the Irish Republican Army than his predecessor, Tomas Cardinal O Fiaich.
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Cahal Daly was respectful of Protestant rights, and opposed integrated education of Catholics and Protestants.
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Cahal Daly was utterly orthodox in opposing divorce, contraception, abortion, the ordination of women and any idea of dropping clerical celibacy.
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Cahal Daly was heckled by the audience on live television during a broadcast of The Late Late Show on RTE One on the topic of paedophilia in the 1990s.
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Cahal Daly retired as Archbishop of Armagh on his 79th birthday, 1 October 1996, and subsequently suffered ill health.
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Cahal Daly's age made him ineligible to participate in the 2005 conclave that elected Pope Benedict XVI.
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In 1967 Cahal Daly took as his episcopal motto, "Jesus Christ, yesterday and today", taken from Hebrews 13:8 and his armorial bearings were a personalised variation of the arms of the O Dalaigh family.
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Cardinal Cahal Daly was admitted to the coronary unit of Belfast City Hospital on 28 December 2009.
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Cahal Daly's health had already been declining, leading to prayers being ordered for him.
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Dr Cahal Daly died in hospital in Belfast on 31 December 2009, aged 92.
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Cahal Daly's family were at his bedside at the time.
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The deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland, the Sinn Fein MLA Martin McGuinness, said it was no secret that Republicans and Cardinal Cahal Daly had never enjoyed a close relationship during The Troubles, but that relations had warmed since then.
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Cahal Daly lay in state in Belfast and then his remains were taken to Armagh.
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Cahal Daly's funeral was held on 5 January 2010, attended by the president Mary McAleese and Taoiseach Brian Cowen.
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Cardinal Cahal Daly was buried in the grounds of St Patrick's Roman Catholic Cathedral, Armagh next to his three predecessors in the see, Cardinals O Fiaich, Conway and D'Alton.
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In 2001, eight years before his death, Dr Cahal Daly donated his entire set of writings to the Political Collection of the Linen Hall Library.