Edward Cooney

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Irish evangelist Edward Cooney, born in 1867 in Enniskillen, Ireland and educated at Portora Royal School, was a travelling preacher who ministered to home churches in Ireland in the late 1800s, also described under Christian Conventions, left that movement in 1928 with a few followers who carried on the name of Cooneyites.

Cooney was originally from a Scottish Episcopalian background.

Cooney was excommunicated by the Irvinites group in Ireland, at a leaders' meeting, on October 12, 1928.

Cooney died in 1960 and is buried in Mildura, Victoria, Australia.

[edit] See also

Christian Conventions
William Irvine
Cooneyites

[edit] References

1. Roberts, Patricia, 1990, "The Life and Ministry of Edward Cooney, 1867-1960" published by William Trimble, Ltd., Enniskillen, Northern Ireland. ISBN 0-9510109-4-8
2. Roberts, Patricia, 1991, "Selected Letters, Hymns and Poems of Edward Cooney, 1867-1960" published by William Trimble, Ltd., Enniskillen, Northern Ireland.
3. Roberts, Patricia, 1997, "Selected Letters of Fred Wood 1890-1986" published by William Trimble, Ltd., Enniskillen, Northern Ireland.