Michael Slattery (priest)

ὖMichael Slattery was born at Tipperary Town in Ireland in 1783, and was educated at the Abbey School there. He entered Trinity College, Dublin when only fifteen years of age, one of the first Catholics to do so, eventually earning a Bachelor of Arts degree. He then decided to become a Roman Catholic priest, and entrolled at the St. Patrick's, Carlow College. He was ordained in 1809, and continued at Carlow ast a professor of philosophy and of Moral Theology.

As a priest, Father Slattery served the parishes of Ulla in County Limerick for two years, and Borrisoleigh in County Tipperary for over twenty years.

In 1832 he we elected president of the St. Patrick's College, Maynooth and served for two years.

He was a moderate Nationalist and supported Daniel O'Connell, but also spoke out against more militant nationalism.^[1]

He was elected to succeed Archishop Robert Laffan as head of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly later that year, and was installed at Thurles Cathedral on 24 February 1834.

In 1842 Slattery established a foreign mission department in St. Patrick's College, Thurles.

Archbishop Slattery died at Thurles on 4 February 1857.

The Michael Slattery Lecture Series

The Michael Slattery Lectures series is held by Carlow College in association with Trinity College Dublin, recognising his connection to both institutions. Participants from the Departments of History, English, History of Art and Architecture from Trinity and the Humanities Department at Carlow College attend.^[2]

• Re-interpreting Rebellion in Irish History, The Michael Slattery Lectures, 2008.^[3]
• Irish Reputations, The Michael Slattery Lectures, 2009.

References

1. ^ Paul Cardinal Cullen and the shaping of modern Irish Catholicism By Desmond Bowen
2. ^ "Irish Reputations" - The Michael Slattery Lectures, 2009, Carlow College, 2009
3. ^ [http://archives.tcm.ie/carlownationalist/2008/01/02/story33327.asp Trinity lecture series begins in Carlow College ] Carlow Nationalist, Wednesday, 2 January 2008

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Name	Slattery, Michael
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Date of death	1857
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