What is recorded here
On 25 January 1939, Dermot Clifford was born in Ballymacelligott, County Kerry, the quiet western origin of a man who would later shepherd the archdiocese of Cashel and Emly until 2014. That small coastal town gave him life before Killarney, Maynooth and Rome shaped his mind, suggesting that great Church leadership can begin in ordinary Irish soil rather than distant grandeur.
Why this person is known: Irish archbishop
- Birthplace
- Ballymacelligott
Places near here
Field system in BallymacthomasField system · 439 yd
Field system in Ballymacthomas,coolnadeadField system · 604 yd
Ballymacelligott Churchchurch/chapel · 954 yd
Arabela Househouse · 1173 yd
Site of McElligotts CastleCastle, unclassified · 1240 yd
Bealagrellagh CastleCastle · 1442 yd
PoulatouirtCave · 1.1 mi
Poulclashcannon (blocked)Cave · 1.3 mi
Common AlderCommon Alder · 1.3 mi
Monument WoodWood · 1.7 mi
Civil War MemorialMemorial · 3.6 mi
CruslineMountain / peak · 4.0 mi