Background
He was born in either the townlands of Tonylion or Kilnaleck in the civil parish of Crosserlough, County Cavan, Ireland on 1 August 1842.
He was born in either the townlands of Tonylion or Kilnaleck in the civil parish of Crosserlough, County Cavan, Ireland on 1 August 1842.
He was appointed the Bishop of the Diocese of Kilmore by Pope Pius X on 13 March 1907. Boylan"s episcopal consecration took place on 19 May 1907. The principal consecrator was Cardinal Michael Logue, Archbishop of Armagh, and the principal co-consecrators were Joseph Hoare, Bishop of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise and Henry Henry, Bishop of Down and Connor.
Bishop Boylan died in office on 25 March 1910, aged 67.