Sylvester Malone [Rev]

Life
1822-1906; b. Kilmally, Co. Clare; ed. Maynooth; ord. 1854; curate at Kilkee, then parish priest at Sixmilebridge, Co. Clare; vicar general of Kilrush, 1872-1906; supporter of Gaelic League; bequeathed £100 for essays in Irish to Society for Preservation of the Irish Language, won by Hyde and Dineen [Ó Duinnín]; valuable researches in his Church History of Ireland 1169-1532 (1867), a standard work; d. Kilrush, 21 May. DNB DIB DIH


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