
What is recorded here
William Crolly became Archbishop of Armagh after birth in this parish, yet local memory still ties him to Cleveland in America. The blue plaque at Ballykilbeg Church preserves the Irish half of that divided life. Crolly lived from 1780 to 1849, large enough in office to escape forgetting and foreign enough in legend to still belong somewhere else.
This blue commemorative plaque records: Dr William Crolly 1780-1849 Archbishop of Armagh born in this parish Recorded plaque organisation: Ulster History Circle.
The Most Reverend Dr William Crolly DTh was a prominent Irish prelate who served as the Archbishop of Armagh from 1829 to 1849, playing a significant role in the Catholic Church's resurgence in Ireland post-Emancipation.
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