Individual Details

Garrett was ordained a priest in 1906, having been educated at St. Michael's College, Listowel, Co. Kerry, St. Brendan's Seminary, Killarney, Co. Kerry and St. Patrick's College, Maynooth. He received a Doctorate in Theology from Maynooth in 1909. There followed postgraduate courses at the universities of Munich and Strasbourg after which he was appointed Professor of Theology at the University of St. Thomas in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He left Saint Paul in 1914 to take up the position of Professor of Dogmatic and Moral Theology at Maynooth. He was appointed Prefect of the Dunboyne Establishment in 1923, a role he carried out in addition to his Maynooth professorship.

Note: I have seen Garrett's first name spelled as both Garrett and Garret and his surname spelled as both Pierce and Pierse.

Birth	Abt 14 May 1882	Coolkeragh, Ballybunion, Co. Kerry
Christen	14 May 1882	Ballybunion, Co. Kerry
Death	31 Mar 1932	Maynooth, Co. Kildare
Burial		Maynooth College Cemetery, Co. Kildare

Father	Patrick PIERCE (1845 - 1912)
Mother	Margaret MULVIHILL (1839 - 1926)
Sibling	Richard PIERCE (1868 - 1941)
Sibling	Patrick PIERCE (1870 - 1944)
Sibling	Mary PIERCE (1872 - )
Sibling	Catherine PIERCE (1874 - )
Sibling	Johanna (Anna) PIERCE (1876 - 1941)
Sibling	Johanna (Nano, Nora) PIERCE (1878 - )