Patrick Donnelly
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Patrick Donnelly (1650-1716) was an Irish Roman Catholic Bishop who was also known as The Bard of Armagh. He was born in Desertcreaght, Cookstown, County Tyrone in 1650 and died in 1716.
- Dr Patrick Donnelly ministered in South Armagh,
- He assumed the title of Phelim Brady, the Bard of Armagh.
- Educated by the Jesuits at their hedge-school in Drogheda.
- Studied in Paris sometime between 1673 and 1679
