Life
[?]-1798 [vars. O’Coigly; Quigley]; ord. 1785, Armagh; spent several
years in Paris; returned to Armagh diocese; associated with Defenders
and United Irishmen and was active in promoting friendly relations with
Presbyterians of Antrim and Down, 1791-93; travelled to Britain and Paris,
where he was involved with the United Britons and with Tandy; arrested
Margate, Feb. 1798, preparing to cross to France with Arthur O’Connor
and Benjamin Binns; executed by hanging, Pennington Heath.
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Criticism
Daire Keogh, A Patriot Priest: A Life of Reverend James Coigly (Cork
UP 1998), 96pp.
Denis Carroll, Unusual Suspects: Twelve Radical Clergymen (Dublin: Columba Press 1998).
Réamoinn Ó Muirí, study of Fr. Coigly in Liam Swords, ed., Protestant, Catholic and Dissenter: The Clergy and 1798 (Columba Press 1997).
Kevin Whelan, ‘Origins of the Orange Order’, in Bullán: An Irish Studies Journal, 2, 2 (Spring/Summer 1996), pp.19-36.
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Princess Grace Irish Library (Monaco)