Individual Details

Myles KEARNEY

(23 Apr 1913 - 18 Jul 1979)

Myles was educated at St. Michael's College, Listowel, Co. Kerry after which he studied for the priesthood at St. Patrick's College in Carlow. He was ordained in 1938 and travelled to the United State in that year to serve in the diocese of Cheyenne, Wyoming. He subsequently worked in Louisiana, initially in Baton Rouge, and was later appointed parish priest at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in St. Francisville in Louisiana where he spent 18 years. It is known that he was at Mount Carmel at the time of the death of his mother in December 1957.

Myles retired about 1973. He died at the home of his sister Bunty only a short time after returning to live in Ireland.

    Events

    Birth23 Apr 1913Moyvane, Co. Kerry
    Death18 Jul 1979Moyvane, Co. Kerry
    Burial20 Jul 1979Ahavoher Cemetery, Moyvane, Co. Kerry

    Families

    FatherMichael (Mike) KEARNEY (1863 - 1931)
    MotherMary Ann (Maine Ann) MCELLIGOTT (1874 - 1957)
    SiblingEllen (Nellie) Maria KEARNEY (1898 - 1964)
    SiblingDaniel Joseph (Dan Joe) KEARNEY (1899 - 1978)
    SiblingWilliam Francis KEARNEY (1901 - 1901)
    SiblingMary Ann (Marianne) KEARNEY (1902 - 1984)
    SiblingCatherine (Kitty) KEARNEY (1904 - 1989)
    SiblingHanora (Nora) KEARNEY (1905 - 1979)
    SiblingBridget KEARNEY (1907 - 1907)
    SiblingMargaret (Peg) KEARNEY (1908 - 1997)
    SiblingJohanna KEARNEY (1909 - 1954)
    SiblingPatrick KEARNEY (1910 - 1910)
    SiblingAnne (Bunty) KEARNEY (1912 - 1992)
    SiblingSarah (Sr. Lydia de Eugena) KEARNEY (1914 - 2003)
    SiblingDorothy (Dot) KEARNEY ( - 1979)
    SiblingJohn KEARNEY ( - 1979)