{{Short description|Irish Catholic priest, sociologist and hurling manager}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=August 2020}} '''Father Harry Bohan''' is an Irish Catholic priest, sociologist, and former manager of the Clare county hurling team.
The son of Michael Bohan, a Garda Síochána officer, and Bridget Fitzgerald, who ran the pub opened in the 1890s by Bridget's parents Michael and Anne Fitzgerald,<ref name="bar">[http://www.discoveringireland.com/historic-irish-pubs-bohans-bar/ Bohans Bar] - ''Historic Irish Pubs'', extracts from 'The Story of the Irish Pub' by Cian Molloy, supplied with permission of the Liffey Press.</ref> Bohan grew up in Feakle, County Clare. He was educated at St Flannan's College in Ennis and studied for the priesthood at Maynooth College. Bohan went on to study sociology in Cardiff, and obtained an MA from the University of Wales.<ref>[http://www.ceifin.com/4/harryBohan.html Harry Bohan] - Ceifin Centre</ref> Bohan is now an assistant priest in the Tradaree pastoral area in County Clare.
From 1973 to 1980,<ref name="bar" /> Bohan was manager of the Clare senior hurling team which won two National Hurling League titles, and more recently{{when|date=August 2022}} served as a selector for manager Anthony Daly. In 2006 he was recognised for his services to hurling by a special award.<ref>[http://www.independent.ie/sport/hurling/clare-snub-loughnane-on-double-in-awards-26398849.html Clare snub Loughnane on double in awards] - ''Irish Independent Sport''.</ref>
A campaigner for Rural Ireland, he set up the Rural Resource Centre, and in 1998 he set up the Ceilfin Centre.<ref>[http://catholicjournalist.com/harry_bohan.php Harry Bohan] - ''Catholic Journalist''</ref>
His brother Seamus succeeded their mother as landlord of the family pub in Feakle,{{fact|date=August 2020}} which he advertised for sale in 2023.<ref>https://www.myhome.ie/commercial/brochure/bohan-s-bar-main-street-feakle-clare/4685076</ref>
Fr Harry's nephew Mick is a football coach.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.clare.fm/sport/praise-for-new-clare-coach-bohan-ahead-of-mcgrath-cup-final/|title=Praise for new Clare coach Bohan ahead of McGrath Cup Final|date=26 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/meet-mick-bohan-the-man-spearheading-clares-football-revolution-34925541.html|title=Meet Mick Bohan — the man spearheading Clare's football revolution|work=Sunday Independent|first=Michael|last=Verney|date=31 July 2016}}</ref>
==Publications== * ''Swimming Upstream: Finding Positives in a Negative Ireland'' by Harry Bohan, Columbia University Press, 2013. * ''Community and the Soul of Ireland: The Need for Values-based Change'' by Harry Bohan, 2002. * ''The Challenge: Balance between City and Rural Life'' by Harry Bohan, Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review, Vol. 74, No. 295 (Autumn, 1985), pp. 267–280. Published by: Irish Province of the Society of Jesus.
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