MC NAMARA

Thomas . b. near Slane, co. Meath 1808; ed. at Navan seminary and Maynooth college, ordained Maynooth 1833; one of the founders of Castle knock college, co. Dublin 1834, affiliated with the Congregation of the Mi ion 1839, gave mi ions throughout Ireland; founded with others the Catholic institution for deaf and dumb mutes at Cabra near Dublin 1846; superior of Castle knock college and visitor of the Irish province of the Congregation of the Mi ion 1864; rector of the Irish college in Paris 1868–89; author of Programmes of sermons and instructions. Dublin 1881; Sacred rhetoric, or the art of rhetoric as applied to the preaching of the word of God. Dublin 1882. d. St. Joseph’s, Black rock, co. Dublin 8 March 1892. bur. in cemetery at Castle knock 11 March. College Chronicle ( Castle knock ), June 1892 pp. 5–6.