The original church was built in 1929 and was initially served from the Cathedral. In 1931, Fr J Farrow became our first Parish Priest and he was here until 1934.
Then Fr J Marshall became our Parish Priest and remained here until 1978. During his time at English Martyrs he raised money to build a Primary school (1960) and a new church (7th November 1963). The original church is now used as our church hall.
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Parish Priest |
Time at Parish |
Other clergy present |
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Served from Cathedral |
1930 |
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Fr James Farrow |
1931-34 |
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Unknown |
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Fr Joseph Marshall |
1940-41 |
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Fr Joseph Marshall |
1942 |
Fr John Daly |
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Fr Joseph Marshall |
1943-49 |
Fr James Byrne |
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Fr Joseph Marshall |
1950 |
Fr James Byrne, Fr Joseph McCloskey |
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Fr Joseph Marshall |
1951-52 |
Fr James Byrne |
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Fr Joseph Marshall |
1953-54 |
Fr John O’Gorman |
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Fr Joseph Marshall |
1955-60 |
Fr John O’Gorman, Fr Patrick O’Connor |
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Fr Joseph Marshall |
1961-65 |
Fr Patrick O’Connor, Fr Joseph Devlin |
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Fr Joseph Marshall |
1966-71 |
Fr Donal O’Brien, Fr John Condon |
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Fr Joseph Marshall |
1972 |
Fr Donal O’Brien, Fr Seamus Cunningham |
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Fr Joseph Marshall |
1973-78 |
Fr Patrick McKenna, Fr Donal O’Brien |
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Fr Edward Wilkinson |
1979-82 |
Fr Patrick McKenna |
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Fr Edward Wilkinson |
1982-86 |
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Fr Edward Wilkinson |
1987-90 |
Fr James O’Keefe, Sister Kathleen Mulvey |
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Fr Donal O’Brien |
1990-99 |
Sister Kathleen Mulvey |
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Fr Shaun Swales |
1999-2007 |
Sister Cathy McVitie |
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Fr Paul McCourt |
2008 - 2013 |
Sister Cathy McVitie |
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Fr Shaun O’Neill |
2014 - 2020 |
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Fr Arockia Mariadass Pagyasamy |
2020 - present |
Fr John Juliet Ulaganathan |
Also helping our priests with the pastoral care of the Parishioners over the years havebeen:
Sister Kathleen, a Sister of the Daughters of Charity (from 1987 -1999), and
Sister Cathy (from 2001-2009), a Sister of Marie Reparatrice.
Over the years we have had help, pastoral care and encouragement from many other Priests, some are mentioned here: Fr J Galletly, Fr H Slevin, Fr H Alexander, Fr J McDonald, Fr A Tomaney, Fr N McDermott, Fr E Featherston, Fr S O’Kane, Fr P Douthwaite, Fr G Williams, Fr A Cornforth, Fr Burke, Fr C O’Connor, Fr Doyle, Fr Murphy, Fr Elliott, Fr A Dixon, Fr Keane, Fr Anthony, Fr Conway and Fr Saji Lukose Thottahil.