Patrick Power (historian)

Canon Patrick Power (8 March 1862 – 16 October 1951), was a noted historian of the Catholic Church in Ireland. He was born on 8 March 1862, in Callaghane, Co. Waterford and educated at the Catholic University School and St. John's College, Waterford.[1]

Power was ordained a priest and worked in Liverpool and Australia and was later attached to Waterford Cathedral. He was also a diocesan schools inspector and lecturer in archaeology at St Patrick's College, Maynooth between 1910 and 1931. He was Professor of Archaeology at University College Cork between 1915 and 1934,[2][3] and a member of the Royal Irish Academy. During his time in Cork he was awarded a D.Litt., by the National University of Ireland. He was also appointed a Canon of the Catholic Church.[4]

He died 16 October 1951.[1]

  1. ^ a b Canon Patrick Power A Talk by Msg. Michael G. Olden presented at Canon Patrick Power Seminar, WIT, 8 March 2012
  2. ^ Twohig, Elizabeth. "Devoted to Archaeology: Professor (Canon) Patrick Power (1862–1951)". academia.edu.
  3. ^ "(Rev.) Patrick Power". Princess Grace Irish Library (Monaco). Archived from the original on 26 January 2005. Retrieved 22 June 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ Twohig, Elizabeth. "Devoted to Archaeology: Professor (Canon) Patrick Power (1862–1951)". Journal of the Cork Historical & Archaeological Society. 118: 109–133.