19 Facts About Daniel Delany

Daniel Delany DD was the Roman Catholic Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin.

In 1783, Delany was appointed coadjutor to James O'Keeffe, Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin.

Daniel Delany later founded the Brigidine Sisters in 1807, and the Patrician Brothers in 1808.

Daniel Delany was born in 1747, the first of two sons, into a farming family on the Castlecoote Estate.

Daniel Delany attended the local Hedge school at Briscula, just a few kilometres from his home.

Father Daniel Delany returned to Ireland in 1776 or 1777, disguised as a layman since priests were still outlawed.

Daniel Delany was so appalled at the state of Ireland that he was tempted to return to France.

Daniel Delany tried to bring back the traditional Catholic education to the community.

Daniel Delany started by the establishment of Sunday schools for the youth of Tullow.

Daniel Delany formed a youth band to help teach his students hymns.

In 1782 O'Keeffe and Daniel Delany began planning for the establishment of a tertiary college for the education of both lay students and those studying for the priesthood.

In 1784, Daniel Delany organized a procession through Tullow for the Feast of Corpus Christi.

Daniel Delany decided to start ringing the Angelus bell, which hadn't been done for a century.

Daniel Delany invested a portion of this property left to him and the interest went to charities.

Daniel Delany distributed prayer books to children on the day of their first communion.

Daniel Delany started a circulating library and was responsible for the building of a church in both Tullow and Mountrath.

In 1807 Daniel Delany refounded the Congregation of St Brigid, the Brigidine Sisters, and in 1808, the Congregation of The Brothers of St Patrick in Tullow, County Carlow.

Bishop Daniel Delany died at two in the morning on 9 July 1814.

Daniel Delany had been seriously ill for some months and was being cared for by the Brigidine Sisters in their convent.