Individual Details
Daniel (Dan) B. MULVIHILL
(Abt 21 Jul 1896 - Aft 18 Feb 1972)
Dan, who seems to have been also known as Donal, left school early and worked in Dublin for a time as a ralway clerk. In 1916, at the age of about 20 he returned to Kerry to complete his schooling, attending St. Michael's College in Listowel. He then studied for the priesthood at All Hallows College in Dublin and in 1927 was ordained for the diocese of Concordia, Kansas (which became the diocese of Salina in 1944). From 1930 until 1943 he was pastor (parish priest) in St. Patrick's parish in Lincoln County, Kansas, and in 1951 he was pastor in Plainville, Kansas. By 1952 he was pastor at the Church of St. John the Baptist in Clyde, Kansas and by 1969 Dan was living in a home for retired priests in Villa Louis Martin, Jemez Springs, New Mexico.
It is believed that Dan, his brother Fr. Michael and their sister, Sr. Anne Joseph, went to Concordia because they had a distant cousin, John Francis Cunningham, who was Bishop of Concordia (from 1898 until his death in 1919). However we do not know how exactly they were related to the bishop.
Bishop Cunningham also had two other distant cousins (apparently first cousins twice removed) who joined him in Concordia: Johanna (Sr. Mary Ellen) Cunningham and her sister Margaret (Sr. Mary Estelle) joined the Sisters of St. Joseph in Concordia after their arrival in the United States in 1915. Dan, Fr. Michael and Sr. Anne Joseph seem to have been related to Johanna and Margaret through their (the Mulvihills') grandmother Norrie Cunningham who appears to have been a member of Johanna and Margaret's extended family, although the exact nature of the connection has not been determined. Any information that would help fill in the gaps would be much appreciated. Please email HelensFamilyTrees@gmail.com.
It is believed that Dan, his brother Fr. Michael and their sister, Sr. Anne Joseph, went to Concordia because they had a distant cousin, John Francis Cunningham, who was Bishop of Concordia (from 1898 until his death in 1919). However we do not know how exactly they were related to the bishop.
Bishop Cunningham also had two other distant cousins (apparently first cousins twice removed) who joined him in Concordia: Johanna (Sr. Mary Ellen) Cunningham and her sister Margaret (Sr. Mary Estelle) joined the Sisters of St. Joseph in Concordia after their arrival in the United States in 1915. Dan, Fr. Michael and Sr. Anne Joseph seem to have been related to Johanna and Margaret through their (the Mulvihills') grandmother Norrie Cunningham who appears to have been a member of Johanna and Margaret's extended family, although the exact nature of the connection has not been determined. Any information that would help fill in the gaps would be much appreciated. Please email HelensFamilyTrees@gmail.com.
Events
| Birth | Abt 21 Jul 1896 | Shronowen, Tullamore, Galey, Co. Kerry | |||
| Christen | 23 Jul 1896 | Ballybunion, Co. Kerry | |||
| Death | Aft 18 Feb 1972 | probably New Mexico | |||
| Burial | probably St. Martin's Cemetery, Seguin, Kansas |
Families
| Father | Michael MULVIHILL (1845 - 1914) |
| Mother | Hanora (Nora) MULVIHILL (1857 - 1951) |
| Sibling | Patrick (Pattie) A. MULVIHILL (1887 - 1951) |
| Sibling | Michael M. MULVIHILL (1888 - 1972) |
| Sibling | Edmond (Ned) MULVIHILL (1890 - 1972) |
| Sibling | Denis Joseph MULVIHILL (1891 - 1918) |
| Sibling | John MULVIHILL (1892 - ) |
| Sibling | Mary Ann (Sr. Anne Joseph) MULVIHILL (1894 - 1992) |
| Sibling | Jeremiah MULVIHILL (1898 - 1968) |