Education
Finlay was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1867.
Finlay was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1867.
He began his ecclesiastical career as a curate in Clonenagh. He was the incumbent at Lorum from 1873 to 1890 when he moved to Carlow. He was murdered on June 12, 1921.
There is a memorial to him at Street Peter, Templeport.