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Rev. Denis Murphy
REV. DENIS MURPHY, S.J. (1833-1896) was a native of County Cork, born near Newmarket, on January 12, 1833. He attended school at Kanturk and Clongowes and entered the novitiate of the Society of Je...view moreREV. DENIS MURPHY, S.J. (1833-1896) was a native of County Cork, born near Newmarket, on January 12, 1833. He attended school at Kanturk and Clongowes and entered the novitiate of the Society of Jesus on October 26, 1948, three months shy of his sixteenth birthday. During his religious and theological training Rev. Murphy resided in France, Spain and Germany, learning their language and literature. He then taught classical and modern languages at Clongowers and Limerick and became devoted to missionary work in different districts of Ireland. He also conducted convent retreats throughout his years of priesthood. He served as professor of theological studies of the Society of Jesus at Milltown Park, near Dublin, and in his final years at the University College in Stephen’s Green, Dublin. Rev. Murphy passed away in May 1896 at the age of 63.view less