Individual Details
Timothy (Fr. Tim) HANRAHAN
(11 Jan 1895 - 16 Oct 1935)
Tim's baptismal sponsors were Daniel Barrett and Ellen Hanrahan.
Tim studied for the priesthood at St Patrick's College, Carlow and was sent to the United States in 1918 where he served in Pennsylvania. He ministered initially at St. Francis's Church, Harrisburg before moving to St. Ignatius's Church in Centralia, then to St. Joseph's in Locust Gap, Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Mount Carmel, and St. Patrick's Church in York. He subsequently spent eight years as chaplain at Mont Alto and had been pastor at St. Joseph's Church, Bonneauville for four years when he was killed in a car accident aged only 41. Tim was in a car with three other priests on their way to the consecration in Philadelphia of Fr. L. Leech as bishop of Harrisburg. Their car was overtaking another vehicle when it crashed into a telegraph pole.
Tim died from a fractured skull.
Tim studied for the priesthood at St Patrick's College, Carlow and was sent to the United States in 1918 where he served in Pennsylvania. He ministered initially at St. Francis's Church, Harrisburg before moving to St. Ignatius's Church in Centralia, then to St. Joseph's in Locust Gap, Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Mount Carmel, and St. Patrick's Church in York. He subsequently spent eight years as chaplain at Mont Alto and had been pastor at St. Joseph's Church, Bonneauville for four years when he was killed in a car accident aged only 41. Tim was in a car with three other priests on their way to the consecration in Philadelphia of Fr. L. Leech as bishop of Harrisburg. Their car was overtaking another vehicle when it crashed into a telegraph pole.
Tim died from a fractured skull.
Events
| Birth | 11 Jan 1895 | Kilbaha, Moyvane, Co. Kerry | |||
| Christen | 12 Jan 1895 | Moyvane, Co. Kerry | |||
| Death | 16 Oct 1935 | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania | |||
| Burial | Bonneauville, Pennsylvania |
Families
| Father | John HANRAHAN (1851 - 1919) |
| Mother | Margaret CUNNINGHAM (1858 - 1925) |
| Sibling | Patrick HANRAHAN (1888 - 1888) |
| Sibling | Mary (Mollie) HANRAHAN (1888 - 1946) |
| Sibling | Margaret (Gretta) HANRAHAN (1889 - 1967) |
| Sibling | Johanna (Hannie) HANRAHAN (1891 - 1981) |
| Sibling | Michael (Mick) J. HANRAHAN (1892 - 1967) |
| Sibling | Bryan HANRAHAN (1893 - 1953) |
| Sibling | Catherine (Kitty) HANRAHAN (1897 - 1949) |
| Sibling | John HANRAHAN (1902 - 1912) |
| Sibling | Ellen (Nellie) HANRAHAN (1903 - 1957) |