(From Bruodin’s Propugnaculum, p. 497.)

AMONG the many bold athletes who in the County of Limerick courageously sacrificed their property, 

and even shed their blood to uphold the ancient Catholic faith, we must mention this brave man. 

He was of noble descent, and lord of Ballyrobert.[1]

When the teachers of heresy were raging throughout Ireland, he joined with Gerald, Earl of Desmond, and offered and active opposition to the unjust decrees of the Queen and the efforts of her Ministers. 

This man, well known throughout the whole of Munster for his prudence, piety, courage, and generosity, could not hold out long against the great powers of darkness. 

He fell into the hands of the Queen’s officers, and because he refused to admit the Queen’s Supremacy and abandon the Church of Christ, he was run through with spears and beheaded, and so bore off the glorious crown of a martyr. 

His head was placed on the point of a spear, by orders of the President of Munster, and taken from the place where he was executed to Listowel, in triumph; there it was exposed publicly to the mockery of the heretics. 

He suffered death on the 15th of September, 1584.

[1] There are several places of this name in Co. Cork, in the Ordnance Survey list of towniands, but none in Co. Limerick

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