THOMAS COURSY, a native of Munster, was a most zealous priest. 

He resided at Kinsale. 

He was Vicar General, and in discharge of his office he used to visit the parish priests who were under this authority, and urge them to watch anxiously over the flocks committed to their care. 

When thus engaged, he fell into the hands of the emissaries of that wicked tyrant, Sir John Perrott,[1] an Englishman, then President of Munster. 

By his order he was hanged, and so gained the victory for Christ on the 30 of March in the year 1577.

Sir John Perrott was President of Munster from 1571 to 1574 and Lord Deputy from 1583 and 1588. 

He died a prisoner in the Tower of London, having been charged with exciting the Irish people to throw off the Queen’s authority.

Se also Bridgewater, Sander,[2] and Copinger.

[1] He was President of Munster from 1571 to 1574 and Lord Deputy from 1583 and 1588. He died a prisoner in the Tower of London, having been charged with exciting the Irish people to throw off the Queen’s authority. Sir William Drury was President of Munster in 1577.
[2] This author gives ‘Thomas Chone, Waterfordensis,’ in the list of ‘Archidiaconi aut vincti aut exules.’ De Ecci. Visib., p. 668; most probably he was the martyr.

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