1. John Creagh, CsSr was an Irish Redemptorist priest.
11 Facts About John Creagh
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John Creagh repeated many historical myths about Jews, including that of ritual murder, and said that the Jews had come to Limerick "to fasten themselves on us like leeches and to draw our blood".
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The boycott was condemned by figures from across the political spectrum in Ireland and John Creagh was criticised publicly by his Catholic superiors, who said that "religious persecution had no place in Ireland".
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John Creagh was moved briefly by his superiors to Belfast, and transferred as a missionary to the Philippines.
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John Creagh was appointed, soon afterwards, as rector of the Redemptorist monastery in North Perth.
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In May 1916, John Creagh was appointed vicar apostolic at Broome to replace the Pallotines.
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John Creagh officially opened and blessed the Church of Christ the King in Beagle Bay, south of Lombadina, on the Feast of the Assumption in August 1918.
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John Creagh was involved in supporting the work of the St John of God Sisters in the Broome area.
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John Creagh obtained regular salaries for the Sisters at the Japanese Hospital and had the Sisters put on the staff of the District Hospital where they undertook night duty.
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John Creagh built a beach house for the Sisters at Broome, located a few miles from town where there was a good water supply.
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John Creagh was parish priest at Bunbury, Pennant Hills and Waratah where he suffered a stroke.