Sharon, Thanks for the posting! Monsignor Patrick J. McNamara was my g-grandfather's brother. Patrick was probably born at Kilnasoolagh, the son of Matthew McNamara and Catherine Coffee/y. He was baptized January 23, 1844. He died April 12, 1912 in Amityville, NY. He is buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, NYC. Newspapers of the day were busy covering the sinking of the Titanic. Patrick's brother, the Rev. Canon John (sometimes called Matt) built the church at Bodyke, Co. Clare, and is buried there. A beautiful, ornate scroll was given to him by parishioners as a tribute and is now at the University of St. Thomas library in St. Paul, MN. The third known brother, my great-grandfather, Michael, settled in Minnesota. Due to the efforts of our aunt in the late 1970s, we're still in touch with relatives in the Newmarket-on-Fergus area. Mary -----Original Message----- From: Sharon Carberry [mailto:sm8carberry@comcast.net] Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 7:51 AM To: IRL-CLARE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [CLARE] Patrick J. McNamara b. 1844 Clare, Brooklyn parish McNamara, Rt. Rev, Mgr., Patrick Joseph (Domestic Prelate, Brooklyn, N.Y.) Norn January 23, 1844, in Co. Clare, Ireland; ordained June 30, 1870, in St. mary's Seminary, Baltimore, Md., by Bp. Foley, of Chicago; named Domestic Prelate June 27, 1895; invested in Brooklyn, by Bp. McDonnell. (Data from Mgr. McNamara) p. 73 Biographical Cyclopaedia of the Catholic Hierarchy of the United States, 1784-1898 ISBN: 0524070385 Publisher: M. H. Wiltzius Author(s): Francis X. Reuss Publication Date: 1898 posted by Sharon C. ==== IRL-CLARE Mailing List ==== http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/genealogy/1901census/1901_clare_cen sus.htm ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx