The Countess's Welcome That Delivered Them to the Rope
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The Countess's Welcome That Delivered Them to the Rope
This episode explores the perilous journey of Patrick O'Hely and Conn O'Rourke, two friars who returned to Ireland in 1579 amidst intense religious persecution. What drove them to face almost certain death for their beliefs?
Person: Patrick O'Hely
Person: Conn O'Rourke
Date: 1579
Location: Ireland
Event: First Desmond Rebellion
- Patrick O'Hely spent seventeen years studying across Rome, Spain, and Paris, including public debates at the Sorbonne.
- By 1579, Henry VIII's break with Rome had led to a systematic dismantling of Catholicism in Ireland, where practicing the old faith was considered treason.
- Lord Justice William Drury, the crown's enforcer in Ireland, recorded executing four hundred people in a single year, some without applicable statutes.
- Pope Gregory XIII formally appointed O'Hely as Bishop of Mayo in 1575, providing funds and empowering him for his mission.
- O'Hely and O'Rourke landed in Corca Dhuibhne, on the Dingle Peninsula, and were initially welcomed by the Countess of Desmond at Askeaton Castle.
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