What is recorded here
Cloyne, County Cork, Ireland, is the birthplace of John Joseph Hennessy, the first Bishop of Wichita, who was born there on July 19, 1847. This small Irish town launched a life that would cross an ocean and shape Catholic institutions across Kansas and Missouri before his death in 1920.
Why this person is known: Irish-American Catholic bishop
- Birthplace
- Cloyne
Places near here
cobbles/flags/paving/kerbingcobbles/flags/paving/kerbing · 4 yd
CastleCastle, tower house · 17 yd
fountainfountain · 17 yd
Round TowerRound tower · 152 yd
St Colemans CathedralCathedral · 205 yd
PohutukawaPohutukawa · 1.1 mi
PrincesstreePrincesstree · 1.1 mi
Castle (in Ruins)Castle, tower house · 2.8 mi
Garrankinnefeake GraveyardRuins · 2.8 mi
Edward BransfieldMemorial · 3.1 mi
Noel Collins BridgeVisitor information · 3.8 mi
Ballycroneen BeachBeach / strand · 3.8 mi