{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=December 2020}} '''Francis Haly''' (1783–1855) was the Roman Catholic Bishop in [[Kildare and Leighlin]] from 1838 until his death in 1855. He was born in Doonane, in Co. Laois and entered [[Maynooth College]] in 1807 to train as a priest. Initially he served as a curate in Rathvilly in Co. Carlow.<ref>[http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mjbrennan/Dr_Francis_Haly.htm Dr. Francis Haly] Doonane Parish History.</ref> He succeeded Bishop [[Edward Nolan (bishop)|Edward Nolan]] to the see of Kildare and Leighlin in 1838.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}
He died on 19 August 1855 and is buried in [[Carlow Cathedral]].<ref>[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bhaly.html Bishop Francis Haly] Catholic Hierarchy Website.</ref>
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