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Dermot O'Hurley

The Most Reverend
Dermot O'Hurley
Archbishop of Cashel
Archdiocese Cashel
Appointed September 1581
Term ended 19 or 20 June 1584
Predecessor Maurice MacGibbon
Successor David Kearney
Orders
Ordination 9 September 1581
Consecration 10 September 1581
by Pope Gregory XIII
Personal details
Born c. 1530
Lickadoon Castle, Lickadoon, Ballyneety, County Limerick, Lordship of Ireland
Died 19 or 20 June 1584
Dublin, Kingdom of Ireland
Buried St. Kevin's Church, Camden Row, Dublin, Ireland
Nationality Irish
Denomination Roman Catholic
Parents William O'Hurley
Alma mater University of Leuven
Sainthood
Feast day 20 June
Venerated in Ireland
Title as Saint Blessed
Beatified 27 September 1992
Vatican City,
by Pope John Paul II
Shrines St. Kevin's Church, Camden Row, Dublin, Ireland

Dermot O'Hurley (c. 1530 – 19 or 20 June 1584; Dermod or Dermond O'Hurley, Irish: Diarmaid Ó hUrthuile) was a Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cashel in Ireland during the reign of Elizabeth I who was put to death for treason. He was one of the most celebrated of Irish Catholic Martyrs, and was beatified by Pope John Paul II on 27 September 1992.

O'Hurley was born in Lickadoon Castle, Lickadoon, Ballyneety, County Limerick, around the year 1530. Dermot's father, William, was the O'Hurley clan's Chief of the Name and steward to James FitzGerald, 14th Earl of Desmond. As such, he was a member of the O'Hurley clan, who claim descent from the Dál gCais, one of the more powerful Irish clans in Munster's history.

O'Hurley was educated by tutors and then sent to Flemish Brabant to study at the University of Leuven. In 1551 he graduated with a Master of Arts degree, then a doctorate of Law and was appointed a professor of philosophy in one of that university’s greater colleges, where he remained for 15 years. In 1574 he was appointed a professor of both canon and civil law for the Faculty of Law of Reims University, where he spent 4 years.


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