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William Tirry

martyred Irish Roman Catholic priest

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Born
1609
Died
1654
Beatified
not on record
Canonised
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Who they were

William Tirry (Irish: Liam Tuiridh) OSA (1609 – 12 May 1654) was an Irish Roman Catholic priest of the Order of Saint Augustine following the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland. He was captured by the priest hunters at Fethard, County Tipperary while continuing his priestly ministry covertly and was hanged at Clonmel, officially for high treason against the Commonwealth of England, but in reality as part of The Protectorate's systematic religious persecution of the Catholic Church in Ireland. Pope John Paul II beatified Friar William Tirry as one of the 24 officially recognized Irish Catholic Martyrs in 1992.

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The miracles

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Why that counted as sanctity

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Sources
  • Wikidata Q8019434 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
  • English Wikipedia — William Tirry (CC BY-SA)

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