(From Rothe’sAnalecta, p.391)

THESE were citizens of Wexford and pious Catholics. 

With the aid of some other Catholic sailors, they had secretly carried over to France a certain Father of the Society of Jesus, and some of the priests and laymen who were driven from their native country on account of their faith. 

They were seized, put to the torture, and hanged; and when they were only halfdead, they were taken down and quartered, July 5th, 1581.

Bruodin2 says they were executed for bringing Father Rochford, S.J., from Belgium, and entertaining priests in their houses. 

He gives July 15th of that year as the date of their martyrdom. 

Instead of Patrick Canavan, given by Rothe, he sets down John O’Lahy as having been martyred with the two first mentioned.

See also Holing, Molanus, and Bruodin.

1 He is called Meiler by Rothe. 

The Narator has come across the surname Meyler in southwest Wexford where it is quite common.

2 Propug., p. 443

Please pray for final perseverance for all of us!
May the martyrs of old inspire us all.