On 21 Mar 2008 Sean Sheehan" < seancastle14@gmail.com> wrote: Catholics were banned from attending Trinity right up to the mid 1900s, but I am not sure who actually imposed the ban, the Catholic Church the College or both, or when the ban began Sean And others on the list seemed to confirm this info....but is it actually correct? I just ran across an obituary for a Colonel Daniel Davis Shanahan (who I am assuming was Roman Catholic because he was buried in an RC cemetery) who attended Trinity College and received his medical degree there BEFORE 1891. His obit as follows: The London Times, Monday, Aug 23, 1954; pg. 8; Issue 53017; col D Category: Obituaries COLONEL D. D. SHANAHAN Colonel Daniel Davis Shanahan, C.M.G., D.S.O., died in hospital at Wey- bridge, Surrey, on Friday, at the age of 91. The son of Jeremiah Shanahan, of Tralee, co. Kerry, he was born April 11, 1863 and was educated at Blackrock College, Dublin, and Trinity College, Dublin. After studying medicine at Trinity College, he entered the R.A.M.C., in 1891, and saw service on the North West Frontier in 1897 and throughout the South African War, being severely wounded and mentioned in dispatches. In 1914 he went to France with the B.E.F. He later took part in the landing at Suvla in the Gallipoli campaign, and was again mentioned in dispatches. After the evacuation of Gallipoli he returned to France and saw service on the Somme front, where he was a third time mentioned in dispatches, and, in 1917, awarded the D.S.O. He was present at the taking of Messines Ridge and through- out the operations in Belgium, ending with the capture of Passchendaele. He was again men- tioned in dispatches, and in 1918 he was made a C.M.G. He retired with the rank of colonel in 1920. He married Henrietta, daughter of Mr. James Young, of Kingstown, Dublin. She died in 1919.

Ban on Catholics at TCD was lifted as early as 1793.The Catholic Archbishop of Dublin,Dr John Charles McQuaid imposed a form of ban on Catholics attending there in 1944.One needed a special dispensation to attend up to 1960's. ----- Original Message ----- From: <littlehouseantiques@att.net> To: <irl-limerick@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 6:08 PM Subject: [IRL-LIMERICK] Trinity College: Dates Catholics were admitted? > On 21 Mar 2008 Sean Sheehan" < seancastle14@gmail.com> wrote: > > Catholics were banned from attending Trinity right up to the mid 1900s, > but > I am not sure who actually imposed the ban, the Catholic Church the > College > or both, or when the ban began > Sean > > And others on the list seemed to confirm this info....but is it actually > correct? > > I just ran across an obituary for a Colonel Daniel Davis Shanahan (who I > am assuming was Roman Catholic because he was buried in an RC cemetery) > who > attended Trinity College and received his medical degree there BEFORE > 1891. > > His obit as follows: > > The London Times, Monday, Aug 23, 1954; pg. 8; Issue 53017; col D > Category: Obituaries > > COLONEL D. D. SHANAHAN > > Colonel Daniel Davis Shanahan, > C.M.G., D.S.O., died in hospital at Wey- > bridge, Surrey, on Friday, at the age of 91. > > The son of Jeremiah Shanahan, of Tralee, > co. Kerry, he was born April 11, 1863 and > was educated at Blackrock College, Dublin, > and Trinity College, Dublin. After studying > medicine at Trinity College, he entered the > R.A.M.C., in 1891, and saw service on the > North West Frontier in 1897 and throughout > the South African War, being severely > wounded and mentioned in dispatches. > > In 1914 he went to France with the B.E.F. > He later took part in the landing at Suvla > in the Gallipoli campaign, and was again > mentioned in dispatches. After the evacuation > of Gallipoli he returned to France and saw > service on the Somme front, where he was a > third time mentioned in dispatches, and, in > 1917, awarded the D.S.O. He was present > at the taking of Messines Ridge and through- > out the operations in Belgium, ending with the > capture of Passchendaele. He was again men- > tioned in dispatches, and in 1918 he was made > a C.M.G. He retired with the rank of colonel > in 1920. > > He married Henrietta, daughter of Mr. > James Young, of Kingstown, Dublin. She > died in 1919. > Griffith's Valuations: > http://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths.php > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-LIMERICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >