Irish clergyman, born in Dublin, on the 14th of September 1833. He was graduated at Trinity College, Dublin, in 1854, ordained in 1856; was curate at St. Mary Virgin, Soho, 1857–61. He was obliged to give up his parochial work in 1861 on account of chronic ill-health, and after that year devoted his entire attention to literature, writing upon ecclesiastical subjects. His works include Religious Communities of Women in the Early Church (1861); The Mixed Chalice (1863); The Catholic Ritual in the Church of England (1865); Plain Reasons Against Joining the Church of Rome (1879). He contributed articles to the Encyclopædia Britannica on church history and theology, among them the articles on Jesuits, Council of Trent, and Vatican Council. He died on the 11th of January 1890. See also “From hidden source arising” and “In Paradise Reposing.”
