John Macdonnell

The Very Rev. John Cotter Macdonnell , DD, MA,[1] (1821-1902) was Dean of Cashel from 1862 to 1873.[2]

He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin[3] and ordained in 1847. He began his career as a Curate at St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. He was the Incumbent of Laracor from 1854 to[4] 1862 before his years as Dean; and Vicar of St Mary's Leicester afterwards.[5] In 1875 he became Rector of Walgrave;[6] and in 1878 an Honorary Canon of Peterborough Cathedral.[7] In 1880 he became Rector of Misterton, Leicestershire;[8] and in 1883 a Residentiary Canon at Peterborough.[9] He wrote several books including a life of his old friend Archbishop William Magee (1896).[10] He also wrote "The Doctrine of Atonement" (1858), and "Shall we commute?" (1869).[11] He died after a long illness on 9 September 1902.[12]

References

  1. ↑ ‘UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE’ Freeman's Journal (Dublin, Ireland), Monday, December 19, 1842
  2. ↑ “A New History of Ireland” T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F.J. Byrne and Cosgrove, A: Oxford, OUP, 1976 ISBN 0-19-821745-5
  3. ↑ ‘MACDONNELL, Very Rev. John Cotter’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 6 May 2014
  4. ↑ ‘ECCLESIASTICAL’ Belfast News-Letter (Belfast, Ireland), Monday, December 2, 1861; Issue 15137
  5. ↑ 'Ecclesiastical intelligence' The Sheffield & Rotherham Independent (Sheffield, England), Thursday, April 03, 1873; pg. 2; Issue 5267
  6. ↑ ‘ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE’ The Hampshire Advertiser (Southampton, England), Saturday, July 17, 1875; pg. 2; Issue 3035
  7. ↑ ‘Multiple News Items’ The Morning Post (London, England), Friday, December 20, 1878; pg. 6; Issue 33223
  8. ↑ ‘PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS’ The Bristol Mercury and Daily Post (Bristol, England), Saturday, May 22, 1880; Issue 9990
  9. ↑ ‘ECCLESIASTICAL NEWS’ Liverpool Mercury (Liverpool, England), Thursday, June 7, 1883
  10. ↑ ‘ARCHBISHOP MAGEE'S LIFE’ Leeds Mercury (Leeds, England), Friday, October 16, 1896; Issue 18263
  11. ↑ Marsh Library
  12. ↑ Obituary. Canon Macdonnell The Times, Thursday, Sep 11, 1902; Issue 36870; pg. 8; col A
Church of Ireland titles
Preceded by
Ogle William Moore		 Dean of Cashel
1862–1873 		Succeeded by
William Pakenham Walsh