[1] 

(From Bruodin’s Propugnaculum, p. 472)

HE was a Leinster priest, of noble family. 

The heretics accused him of having administered the sacraments according to the Roman rite, and without further process of law he was hanged and quartered on January 20th, 1606.

F. Holywood, S.J., in a letter dated May 6th, of the same year, gives some further details concerning him:

On Good Friday, the Marshal hanged by martial law a good priest named Bernard Kearolan, and this was done against the laws of the realm, which forbid any one to be hanged who was owner of £10, and F. Kearolan had property enough on which to live. 

The Marshal, who acted under instructions, offered him his life and liberty and a good living if he would turn Protestant.[2]

See also Rothe, O’Sullevan, and Porter

[1] The name is latinized Coriolanus by OSullevan and Porter.
[2] See Distinguished Irishmen, p. 434

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