
Anthony Farquhar
Bishop Anthony Farquhar, son of Alexander and Bridget
Larkin Farquhar, attended a Mass that marked the end
of an era in Belfast.
Anthony is the
longest serving Catholic Bishop in Ireland. The Mass, November 24, 2019,
marked the end of the
women's confraternity at Clonard church in west Belfast
as
the group met for the final time in 122 years.
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Photo: Tinneny descendent, Anthony “Bishop Tony”
Farquhar, in attendance a the closing Mass.
From Clonard monastery posts. |
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Photo: Bishop Farquhar in crimson with other
clergy who participated in the Mass.
Published in Clonard monastery
posts. |
Set up in July 1897 to cement Clonard's establishment in
west Belfast, the Confraternity of Our Lady of Perpetual
Help and St Alphonsus immediately drew huge numbers. By
1907, it boasted a 1,600 membership while more than 1,900
women attended the first women's retreat in 1912. Commenting
on the closure of the confraternity, Fr Peter Burns, rector
of Clonard, said "The women's confraternity now drew only
very, very small numbers and that after consultation, the Redemptorist community decided it would be more honourable
and fitting to bring closure and to do so with appropriate
celebration and thanksgiving.” Published in The Irish
Times November 24, 2019.
Anthony, is the grandson of Michael and Margaret Tinneny
Casey of Belturbet, County Cavan, Ireland and the
great-grandson of
Francis and Ann
Elliott Tinneny of Belturbet, County Cavan.
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