Education
Trinity College.
Trinity College.
Educated at Masonic Boys School and Trinity College, Dublin, he was ordained in 1931. He served as a chaplain with military forces during the Second World War, notably parachuting into Arnhem in 1944 and being captured by the Germans. In the Airborne Museum at Oosterbeek there is a serviceman"s prayer card displayed which is signed by Alan Buchanan.
He was Bishop of Clogher from 1958 to 1969, when he became Archbishop of Dublin and Primate of Ireland.
He resigned in 1977 and died on 4 February 1984.