Denis McDaid
Monsignor Dr Denis McDaid (1899–1981) was an Irish Roman Catholic clergyman who served as Rector of the Pontifical Irish College from 1939 – 1951 and thereafter was a Canon of St. Peter's Basilica. He is buried in Campo Verano in Rome.[1]
Monsignor Dr Denis McDaid was educated in St Columb's College and studied for the priesthood in Rome and was ordained a priest for service in the Diocese of Derry in 1922.[2] He undertook doctoral studies in Rome and then spent four years in the Archdiocese of Glasgow before an 8 years stint as a curate in Leckpatrick[3] and a further curacy in Kilrea in 1936/
He was appointed Seminary Rector in early 1939.[citation needed]
The historian Dermot Keogh wrote in his 1925 book Ireland and the Vatican that McDaid was "reserved, formal and not a little pedantic" and that it was a pity other stronger candidates were not offered the post.[4]
McDaid's nationalist sentiments caused some unease to Irish diplomats who wished that in the context of the German occupation of Rome during the Second World War, McDaid would speak less in public and "attend to his own business."[5] McDaid later wrote an account of the College during the war years which was published in the College magazine The Coelian in 1968.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ "Prayer for the Faithful Departed « Pontificio Collegio Irlandese". www.irishcollege.org.
- ^ "Papers of John Hagan, Irish College Rome (1904–1930) – Part Three: 1923 – 1926" (PDF). irishcollege.org.
- ^ "The Parish Of Leckpatrick, Derry Diocese, Ireland". www.leckpatrickparish.com. Archived from the original on 7 September 2019.
- ^ Keogh, Dermot (6 March 1995). Ireland and the Vatican: The Politics and Diplomacy of Church-state Relations, 1922–1960. Cork University Press. ISBN 9780902561960 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Telegram, Colman O'Donovan to Walshe from Colman O'Donovan to Joseph P. Walshe – 09 January 1941 – Documents on IRISH FOREIGN POLICY". www.difp.ie.