Saints & Martyrs

The Seventeen Martyrs

• Blessed are the Limerick five, Limerick Leader 21/04/1992

• 17 martyrs remembered, Limerick Leader 17/10/1992

Saint Ailbe

• The story of Saint Ailbe of Emly by B. Roche, Limerick Leader 02/01/1952, p3

Sir John Bourke

• Sir John Bourke of Brittas, Martyr, c.1550-1607, from Worthies of Thomond by Robert Herbert
  

• Sir John Bourke - a Limerick martyr, Limerick Leader 01/09/1962, p13

Saint Ita

• Saint Ite of Kileedy and Kilmeedy, by Pádraig Ó Maidín, Irish Press (?) 15/01/1976

• Ita (Deirdre), from The saints of Ireland by Mary Ryan D'Arcy, p.40 & 41

• Ita [Ite, Íde, Mida, Deirdre] of Killeedy, Co. Limerick, from A Chronicle of Irish Saints by Lawrence Flanagan, p18 & 19

• Vita sancte Ire Virginis, from Vitae Sanctorum Hiberniae by Plummer, p.62-65

• Illustration by Richard King depicting Saint Ita, from A Chronicle of Irish Saints by Lawrence Flanagan, p18

• St. Ita's prophetic and miraculous powers..., from Lives of the Irish Saints by Rev. john O'Hanlon, p211-213

• Extract on Killeedy from Limerick, The Rich Land by Seán Spellissy, p202 & 203

• Extract on Killeedy from Diocese of Limerick by Canon John Begley, p44-50

• The Life of St. Ita, patroness of Limerick, Limerick Weekly Echo 27/12/1980, p3

• Extract from History of Limerick by Maurice Lenihan, p4

Maurice Kenraghty

• The Earl's Chaplain- Maurice Kenraghty, from Seventeen Martyrs by Desmond Forristal, p37-42

• Fr. Maurice Enright [Kinrechtin, McKenraghty], Priest/Martyr, d.1586, from Worthies of Thomond by Robert Herbert

• Two Limerick-born martyrs, by An Mangaire Sugagh, Limerick Leader 26/09/1992

Saint Lelia

• St. Lelia, but that isn't her correct name, Limerick Leader 11/08/1952, p1

Saint Munchin

• Extract from History of Limerick by Maurice Lenihan, p5 

• Limerick's Patron [St. Munchin] by Rev. E. Moloney, North Munster Antiquarian Journal, Vol. 7, No. 4 (1957) 

• The Problem of St Munchin of Limerick by Noel Quirke, North Munster Antiquarian Journal, Vol. 51 (2011)

Terence Albert O'Brien (see also separate file)

• Terence Albert O'Brien, O.P., bishop and martyr, Limerick Chronicle 11/08/1982, p8

• Two Limerick-born martyrs, by An Mangaire Sugagh, Limerick Leader 26/09/1992

Patrick O'Healy, Conn O'Rourke

• The first martyrs - Patrick O'Healy and Conn O'Rourke, from Seventeen Martyrs by Desmond Forristal, p9-15

• O'Hely and O'Rourke, martyrs, by An Mangaire Sugagh, Limerick Leader 19/09/1992

• Beatification of Limerick martyrs on September 27, Limerick Leader 05/09/1992

Dermot O'Hurley

• Death of an Archbishop - Dermot O'Hurley, from Seventeen Martyrs by Desmond Forristal, p25-36

• The case of Archbishop O'Hurley, from The Book of The Galtees by Paul J. Hurley, p335-338

• Remember Limerick diocesan priest's martyrdom, Limerick Leader 04/07/1987, p13

• What a heroic Irish martyr endured, Limerick Leader 04/06/1951, p3

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