
What is recorded here
Thomas Joseph Carr is a birthplace in Moylough, County Galway, Ireland. Perhaps a boy born in 1839 ran barefoot through wet grass before crossing oceans to become Catholic archbishop of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Maybe his childhood hands climbed trees or held bread crusts from a neighbour's window. Imagine the small town breathing around him, unaware it had shaped a distant church leader.
Why this person is known: Catholic archbishop of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (1839–1917)
- Birthplace
- Moylough
Places near here
Summervillerectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house · 155 yd
Moylough CastleCastle · 386 yd
Enclosure in Gortaganny (coolcoo Ed)Enclosure · 659 yd
Enclosure in TomreeEnclosure · 1398 yd
HawthornHawthorn · 1.1 mi
SycamoreSycamore · 1.6 mi
Castle BellewArchaeological place · 1.7 mi
Ballinlass Eviction MemorialMemorial · 4.4 mi
Menlough IRAMemorial · 4.7 mi
Knockmoy AbbeyHeritage attraction · 7.7 mi
Mount MaryMountain / peak · 9.4 miOther information
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