Nicholas Donnelly

Most Rev. Dr. 'Nicholas Donnelly', DD, MRIA, was a Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop of Dublin. He was Dublin, 23 November 1837, and educated at Castleknock College, before going on the Irish College in Rome. He was ordained a priest in 1860 and held various positions in the Dublin diocese, and in 1883 became an auxiliary bishop of Dublin and titular bishop of Canea(Crete).^[1] He also served as Parish Priest in Bray.

Rev. Donnelly was the author of a number of books, such as Short histories of the parishes of the Dublin diocese, as well as pamphlets and translations, such as a translation of Haberl's Magister Choralis.

He had a keen interest in liturgial music and was a member of the Royal Irish Academy of Music, he was also a member of various societies such as the Royal Dublin Society, the Royal Irish Academy, the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, the Royal Societies Club (London) and the Dante Society of Ireland.

In 1882 on the death of his half sister Mary Boland (née Donnelly) he became guardian of her seven children, five girls and two boys, Patrick and John Pius Boland (who won two olympic medals in 1896 and became an MP for South Kerry).^[2] He was executor of her and her husband Patrick Bolands estate, which included the Boland's Bakery business, which he floated in 1888.^[3]

During the Royal visit of Queen Victoria to Ireland in 1900 Dr. Donnelly was present at a number of the events during her stay.^[4]

He died on the 29th of March 1920.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Bishop Nicholas Donnelly Catholic Hierarchy.
2. ^ Boland, John Pius (1870–1958), politician and tennis player by G. Martin Murphy Oxford Dictionary of biography
3. ^ From Bonn to Athens -- Single and Return. The Diary of John Pius Boland, Olympic Champion Athens 1896 edited by Heiner Gillmeister (2008).
4. ^ Queen Victoria in Ireland 1900.

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