Patrick C. Power
Patrick C. Power (1862–1951), was a noted historian of the Catholic Church in Ireland. He was born on 8 March 1862, in Callaghane, Co. Waterford and educated at the Catholic University School and St. John's College, Waterford.[1]
Power was ordained a priest and worked in Liverpool and Australia and was later attached to Waterford Cathedral. He was also a diocesan schools inspector and lecturer in archaeology at St Patrick's College, Maynooth between 1910 and 1931. He was Professor of Archaeology at University College Cork (UCC) between 1931 and 1934,[2] and a member of the Royal Irish Academy. During his time in Cork he was awarded a D.Litt., by the National University of Ireland. He was also appointed a Canon of the Catholic Church.
He died 16 October 1951.[1]
References
- 1 2 Canon Patrick Power A Talk by Msg. Michael G. Olden presented at Canon Patrick Power Seminar, WIT, 8 March 2012
- ↑ "(Rev.) Patrick Power". Princess Grace Irish Library (Monaco). Retrieved 2009-06-22.
- Introduction to The Place-Names of Decies (2nd ed.) by Alfred O'Rahilly 1952
Works
- Places and Names of Decies (1907)
- Parochial History of Waterford and Lismore (1912; 1937)
- Lives of Declan and Mochuda (ITS 1914)
- Place Names and Antiquities of S. E. Cork (1917)
- Ardmore-Deaglain (1919)
- Prehistoric Ireland (1922)
- Early Christian Ireland (1925)
- The Ancient Topography of Fermoy (1931)
- A Bishop of the Penal Times (1932)
- A Short History of Co. Waterford (1933)
- The Cathedral and Priory of the Holy Trinity, Waterford (1942)
- He was also the editor of the Journal of Waterford and S. E. Ireland Archaeological Society.
External links
- Works by Patrick C. Power at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Patrick C. Power at Internet Archive
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