Donal Herlihy

Donal Herlihy (1908–1983) was an Irish Roman Catholic clergyman who served as the bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Ferns from 1964 to 1983.

He was born in Knocknagree, County Cork (within the jurisdiction of Kerry diocese) in 1908 and studied at St. Brendan's College, Killarney.

On 6 February 1921, when aged 12, Herlihy was wounded by gunfire along with his brother while playing a game of hurling. The incident left another participant dead and was seen as a retaliatory action by the Royal Irish Constabulary and the Black and Tans following the Tureengariffe Ambush on 29 January, in which a number of British soldiers were killed or injured.

He studied for the priesthood in Rome was ordained priest there in 1931. Further studies in scripture led to him being appointed Professor of Sacred Scripture in All Hallows College, Dublin.

In 1947 he returned to Rome and the Pontifical Irish College as vice rector, becoming rector in 1951. In 1964 it was announced he would become Bishop of Ferns, and he was consecrated bishop in the Basilica of St John Lateran on 16 November 1964, the principal consecrator being Cardinal Confalonieri.

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