Cahal Daly
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His Eminence Cahal Daly |
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| Cardinal, Archbishop of Armagh Primate of All Ireland |
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| Archdiocese | Armagh |
| See | Armagh |
| Appointed | 6 November 1990 |
| Term ended | 1 October 1996 |
| Predecessor | Tomás Ó Fiaich |
| Successor | Seán Brady |
| Other posts | Cardinal-Priest of San Patrizio |
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| Ordination | 22 June 1941 |
| Consecration | 16 July 1967 by William John Conway |
| Created Cardinal | 28 June 1991 |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
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| Birth name | Cahal Brendan Daly |
| Born |
1 October 1917 Loughguile, County Antrim, Ireland |
| Died | 31 December 2009 (aged 92) Belfast, Northern Ireland. |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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Cahal Brendan Daly (1 October 1917 – 31 December 2009) was an Irish philosopher,theologian, writer and international speaker and, in later years, a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.
Daly served as the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland from late 1990 to 1996, the oldest man to take up this role for nearly 200 years. He was later created a Cardinal-Priest of S. Patrizio by Pope John Paul II in the consistory of 28 June 1991. His death in 2009 brought to an end a two-year period during which Ireland had, for the first times in its history, three living Cardinals.
Considered "the hierarchy's foremost theologian", he strongly criticised the Irish Republican Army (IRA) throughout his episcopal ministry. This despite his relation to infamous IRA general Paddy Daly. Daly had many published works and was known for his views on philosophy, theology and on the Northern Ireland situation, attracting global acclaim for his part in helping to write the speech Pope John Paul II used on his 1979 visit to Drogheda to ask for an end to violence on the island.
Cahal Brendan Daly was born in Loughguile, County Antrim the third child of seven. His father was a primary school teacher originally from Keadue, County Roscommon and his mother a native of Antrim. He was educated at St. Patrick's National School in Loughguile, and then as a boarder in St. Malachy's College, Belfast in 1930. The writer Brian Moore was a contemporary.
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