Lucan & Clondalkin “Popish Parish Priests” get a mention in the publication from 1705 called:
“A List of the Names of the Popish Parish Priests throughout the Several Counties in the Kingdom of Ireland: Together with Their Number in Each County; Places of Abode; Age; Parishes of Which They Pretend to Be Popish Priests; Time of Their Receiving Popish Orders; Places Where They Received Orders; From Whom They Received the Same; and Also the Sureties’ Names that Entered into Recognizance for the Said Priests”, which was compiled following the registration of Catholic clergy, required under the Penal Laws.
It was an official government publication compiled under the Penal Laws to register and monitor Catholic clergy. It was produced by the Dublin administration under the authority of the Crown and the established Church of Ireland, reflecting the sectarian legal system that imposed restrictions on the practice of the Catholic faith. It is worth bearing in mind that the Penal Laws also targeted other Protestant Dissenters such as Quakers, Baptists, Congregationalists, Presbyterians, etc.
It recorded each registered priest’s name, age, parish, residence, the date and place of their ordination, the bishop who ordained them, and the names of the two guarantors who entered into a legal bond to vouch for the priest’s good conduct and compliance with the law.
Popish Priests’ Name: Francis Hughs,
Places of Abode: Lucan,
Age: Thirty six years,
Parishes of which they pretend to be Popish Priests: Lucan,
Time of their receiving Popish Orders: 21st September 1692
Place where they received Orders: Kilkenny,
From whom they receiv’d the same: James Whelan, Titular Bishop of Ossory.
As the church of St. Finian’s, Esker, was under the Clondalkin parish at this time (or so I believe, but happy to be corrected?)
Popish Priests’ Name: James Buttler,
Places of Abode: Bellamont,
Age: Forty four years,
Parishes of which they pretend to be Popish Priests: Clondalkin,
Time of their receiving Popish Orders: 9th September, 1681
Place where they received Orders: Creggin Com. Gallway,
From whom they receiv’d the same: Thady Keogh, Titular Bishop of Clonfert.
Sadly, in both cases, we don’t have details of the two guarantors for the above Priests.
Interestingly enough, in another page of the document, Chapelizod is spelled “Chapell-Izord” which is very close to the modern pronunciation of it – something that the Lucan Newsletter recently flagged!
[Image: Paul Butler, SOL, medieval graveyard in Lucan village]
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