Career
He was born in Doonane, in Company Laois and entered Maynooth College in 1807 to train as a priest. Initially he served as a curate in Rathvilly in Company
Carlow.
He succeeded Bishop Edward Nolan to the see of Kildare and Leighlin in 1838. He died on the 19 August 1855 and is buried in Carlow Cathedral.
