About this episode

This episode discusses the lives of Patrick O’Conor and Malachy O’Kelly, focusing on their religious commitments and historical significance.

(From Bruodin’s Propugnaculum, p. 449) PATRICK O’CONOR was descended from the very ancient and royal stock of the O’Conors in Connaught. Abandoning the deceitful pleasures of the world in the flower of youth, he made his religious profession in the celebrated monastery of Boyle,[1] in the diocese of Elphin, in Connaught, among the most observant of the disciples of the Mellifluous Doctor,[2] in the year of our Lord 1562. For twenty-three years he was seen to advance in every kind ...

People in this episode

Host: Manus Mac Meanmain

Topics covered

• Irish history
• Christianity
• Religious figures
• Monastic life
• Historical biography

Keywords

• Patrick O’Conor
• Malachy O’Kelly
• Irish Martyrs
• Boyle monastery
• Connaught history

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bruodin’s Propugnaculum

Places: Connaught, Boyle, diocese of Elphin

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