Patrician Mountrath

Mountrath is the location of Bishop Daniel Delany's early childhood: born at Paddock in 1747, early education at Briscula, lived with his aunts in Mountrath town as he received further education from his aunts, Fr Lalor, and Protestant others. He left there for France in 1763 to study for the priesthood. He returned to Mountrath in 1777 for a short time before being moved to Tullow. His mother died in 1781 and is buried in Mountrath as are Daniel's father and younger Brother. Bishop Delany opened a church there in 1808. The Patrician Brothers have been in Mountrath, Ireland, since 1810 teaching the local youth. They built their own monastery (1812) and were able to open a boarding school in 1827. In 1854 the primary section of that school moved up the road a little. In 1930 the boarding school moved to Ballyfin where it remained until 2009 when it amalgamated with other local schools to form Mountrath Community School back in Mountrath town. Three Patricians continue to reside in Mountrath.