Colman O'Shaughnessy
Colman O'Shaughnessy,
He was the eldest son of Cormac, second son of Dermott Ó Seachnasaigh. He was educated at Athenry College, after which he became an army officer. When he left his military career, he joined the Dominican Order. He made his ecclesiastical studies in Louvain, and he completed them before 1706. After serving on the Irish Mission for years, with great zeal and success, he was elected Provincial of the Dominican Order on 30 April 1726, serving until 1730. Almost ten years later, he was appointed Bishop of Ossory by a papal brief on 5 October 1736.[1][3]
When his uncle,
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