# Charles McNally > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Charles_McNally > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Charles_McNally.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_McNally > Source revision: 1356954000 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Irish Roman Catholic Bishop Charles McNally Bishop of Clogher Church Catholic Church See Clogher In office 20 February 1844 – 21 November 1864 Predecessor Edward Kernan Successor James Donnelly Previous post Professor in Maynooth Personal details Born 1787 (1787) Ardaghy, County Monaghan Died 21 November 1864(1864-11-21) (aged 76–77) Alma mater Maynooth College **Charles McNally** (1787 – 21 November 1864) was the [Roman Catholic](/source/Roman_Catholic) [Bishop of Clogher](/source/Bishop_of_Clogher) in [Ireland](/source/Ireland). ## Early life and education Born at the [townland of Ardaghy](/source/List_of_townlands_of_County_Monaghan), near [Monaghan town](/source/Monaghan_(town)) in [County Monaghan](/source/County_Monaghan), he entered Maynooth in 1808, aged 21 matriculating in Logic and was ordained for service in the [Diocese of Clogher](/source/Diocese_of_Clogher_(Roman_Catholic)) on 13 June 1813. In 1815 he was appointed professor of Logic, Metaphysics and Ethics, and in 1820 he was appointed Prefect of the Dunboyne Establishment at [Maynooth College](/source/Maynooth_College). In 1843 McNally was appointed the [Coadjutor Bishop](/source/Coadjutor_Bishop) of the Diocese of Clogher in Ireland succeeding less than a year later on 20 February 1844, following the death of his predecessor Bishop [Edward Kernan](/source/Edward_Kernan).[1] ## Bishop of Clogher The esteemed Irish ecclesiastical historian Donal Kerr assessed McNally as an "O'Connellite Bishop and Reforming Pastor", the son of a 'middling farmer' who grew up in the aftermath of the [1798 Rising](/source/1798_Rising) and would live long enough to see the stirrings of the [Fenian Rising](/source/Fenian_Rising).[2] He was O'Connellite in that he tolerated his clergy speaking on political matters, specifically the issue of the day which was the Repeal of the 1800/1 [Acts of Union 1800](/source/Acts_of_Union_1800) and in this regard he was in conflict with his [Metropolitan bishop](/source/Metropolitan_bishop) [William Crolly](/source/William_Crolly).[3] He witnessed at first hand the [Irish Famine](/source/Irish_Famine) and wrote of "corpses lying out in the fields...and none but the clergy can be induced to approach."[4] He died in office in on 21 November 1864 having served as bishop of his diocese for over twenty years. McNally was succeeded by Bishop [James Donnelly](/source/James_Donnelly_(bishop)). Perhaps Bishop McNally's most enduring accomplishment is the decision to build Monaghan's [St. Macartan's Cathedral](/source/St_Macartan's_Cathedral%2C_Monaghan).[5] The bishop presided at a meeting of the Catholics of Monaghan where it was resolved that a church in the town was urgently needed. He then purchased an 8-acre (32,000 m2) site on the outskirts of the town from Humphrey Jones of [Clontibret](/source/Clontibret). On 21 June 1861, the foundation stone was solemnly laid in the presence of most of the bishops of Ireland.[6] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [History of Bishop McNally](http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmcna.html) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Kerr, Donal (1982). "Charles McNally: O'Connellite BishopReforming Pastor". *Archivium Hibernicum*. **37**: 11–20. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.2307/25487439](https://doi.org/10.2307%2F25487439). [JSTOR](/source/JSTOR_(identifier)) [25487439](https://www.jstor.org/stable/25487439). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Rafferty, Oliver (1994). [*Catholicism in Ulster, 1603-1983: An Interpretative History*](https://books.google.com/books?id=gVrEemCr5UUC&q=bishop+charles+mcnally&pg=PA130). Univ of South Carolina Press. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781570030253](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781570030253). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** O Cathaoir, Brendan (3 May 1997). [""Times" gives its view of the Irish"](https://www.irishtimes.com/news/times-gives-its-view-of-the-irish-1.68601). *[The Irish Times](/source/The_Irish_Times)*. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [Decision to build St. Macartan's Cathedral](http://www.clogherdiocese.ie/cathedral/cathedral-history.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20061010093008/http://www.clogherdiocese.ie/cathedral/cathedral-history.html) 2006-10-10 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Co. Monaghan, Monaghan, Cathedral of St Macartan (RC)"](https://www.dia.ie/works/view/10589/building/CO.+MONAGHAN,+MONAGHAN,+CATHEDRAL+OF+ST+MACARTAN+(RC)). [Dictionary of Irish Architects](/source/Dictionary_of_Irish_Architects). ## See also - [Roman Catholic Diocese of Clogher](/source/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Clogher) Religious titles Preceded by Edward Kernan Bishop of Clogher 1844 – 1864 Succeeded by James Donnelly This article about an Irish Catholic bishop or archbishop is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. - [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Ireland-RC-bishop-stub) - [t](/source/Template_talk%3AIreland-RC-bishop-stub) - [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Ireland-RC-bishop-stub) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Charles McNally](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_McNally) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_McNally?action=history)). 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