Background
He was born in July 1816 in Ballinakill, Queens County(Laois) his great uncle also called John Dunne was Bishop of Ossory.
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John Dunne
Edit Profileeducator Vice-President Bishop of Ossory
Career
His father John Dunne gave evidence along with Bishop James Doyle to a House of Commons Committee in London. Educated at Ballyroan, in 1834 he entered Saint Patrick"s, Carlow College, from which in 1837 he proceeded to Maynooth College completing his ecclesiastic course, he proceeding to study in the Dunboyne Establishment. Doctor Dunne returned to Carlow College as a Professor of Moral and Mental Philosophy, in 1850 he was appointed vice-president, and 1856 he succeeded Doctor Walshe as President of the college.
Doctor Dunne was appointed parish priest in Kildare, in 1864 and he died there on July 25, 1867, he is buried in Saint Brigid"s Church, Kildare.
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1867 (aged 51)