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Seán Farragher

Seán Farragher, (1922 - 2013) was a true Renaissance man. A farmer’s son from County Mayo and middle child of a flock of eleven, he was first educated by the Christian Brothers in Ballinrobe, then attended Rockwell College in Co Tipperary, run by the Holy Ghost Fathers (now Spiritans), which he was subsequently to join. He graduated from University College Dublin in 1943, later achieving a diploma in education and winning a Sarah Purser scholarship in the history of European painting. He spent his years working as a priest, a teacher, a writer and historian, a student of fine arts, He continued to contribute articles until his final illness a few months ago. Although a native of Co Mayo, he became a pillar of Blackrock College, in south Co Dublin. There he taught Irish, English and religion, encountering an eclectic bunch of pupils who included Bob Geldof, and making many friends including past pupil Éamon de Valera. He had a keen eye for art, with a lifelong interest in the work of stained-glass artist Evie Hone, and was a prizewinning amateur photographer, who established the college photography society. Ordained in 1948, he was appointed the following year to the teaching staff of Blackrock College. From 1952 he began to collect materials on the history of the college and the Holy Ghost order. He published continuously since 1954 a series of articles providing a valued source of information on secondary education in Ireland in the latter half of the 19th and early 20th centuries. These also deal with the Catholic University from 1861 to 1881, and the Royal University of Ireland from 1881 to 1908. His publications include A Centennial Tribute to Éamon de Valera and Pádraic Ó Conaire (1983); Dev and his Alma Mater (1985); Père Leman (1826-1880), Educator and Missionary (1988), for which he was awarded a PhD; Led by the Spirit: the life and work of Claude Poullart des Places (1992), about the founder of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit; Blackrock College 1860-1995 (1995); and Irish Spiritans Remembered (1998). Source: Commons

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