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Edmond Kelly

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Military Chaplain and Parish Priest (1874-1955)

Lived 1874 to 1955 · aged 81
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Canon Edmond Kelly was an Irish Catholic priest who served as a military chaplain with the British Army during the First World War. He was awarded the Military Cross in 1917 for gallantry during the Battle of Passchendaele near Ypres.

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Edmundus Kelly featuring in this classpiece of Saint-Patrick's College, Maynooth - Matriculation Class of 1898-99Edmundus Kelly featuring in this classpiece of Saint-Patrick's College, Maynooth - Matriculation Class of 1898-99Harry Clarke window commissioned by Edmond Kelly for St Mary's Church in KillenauleHarry Clarke window commissioned by Edmond Kelly for St Mary's Church in KillenauleCanon Kelly in the front page of the newspaper Tipperary Star (Vol.49 No.42) on 15 October 1955Canon Kelly in the front page of the newspaper Tipperary Star (Vol.49 No.42) on 15 October 1955

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Military Cross

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Canon Edmond Kelly was an Irish Catholic priest who served as a military chaplain with the British Army during the First World War. He was awarded the Military Cross in 1917 for gallantry during the Battle of Passchendaele near Ypres. After the war, he returned to parish work in County Tipperary and served as Parish Priest of Killenaule and Moyglass from 1934 until his death in 1955.

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Lived 1874 to 1955 · aged 81
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