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Fr. Roger Kickham

• References:
  • Deed, Rev. Roger Kickham and other clergy to Eliza Nunan, dated 29 May 1855, registered 19 June 1855, [LR] 1855, 16 229.
  • Deed, Rev. Roger Kickham and other clergy to Rev. John James Murphy, dated 31 Oct 1856, registered 25 Nov 1856, [LR] 1856, 32 109.

• Sources yet to be consulted:
  • [Deed, 1856] refers to a previous lease of The Mansion House, Henry St, Cork, dated 27 Aug 1844.
  • T.D. O'Dowd, "The earliest educational work of the Irish Vincentians", Proceedings of the Irish Catholic Historical Committee (1962), pp.17-22.

Castleknock College on 1887 to 1913 map.

Fr. Roger Kickham, born est c.1807.
He was educ Maynooth, matric 25 Aug 1827.
Ordained 24th May 1834 [Maynooth].

He was on staff of Castleknock College, Dublin, when it opened 1835, and for many years afterward.
Co-founder with 5 other priests of the Vincentian Order in Ireland.
C.M. (Vincentian).
[White, 1955] lists him as "C.M., Blackrock, Dublin" but this may be an error for Castleknock.
Listed at Society of Vincent de Paul, Castleknock, in [Thom's, 1850].
He is listed as of Cork city in [Deed, 1855]. (Though later he is listed as of Castleknock again).
In 1855 deed, he and other RC clergy, all of Cork city, are leasing to Eliza Nunan, of Cork, a property on the Sunday's Well Road, Cork.
Listed again as of Castleknock, Co.Dublin, in [Deed, 1856]. In that deed he and other RC clergy are leasing to Rev. John James Murphy, of Cork, a property called The Mansion House on Henry St, Cork.
The Mansion House became The Mercy Hospital, Cork which opened 1857.
"Rev. Roger Kickham" is listed in Congregation of St. Vincent de Paul, Castleknock, in [Thom's, 1857].
He is not listed among the priests at St.Vincent's College, Castleknock, in [Thom's, 1868].
See [Larkin, 2002, p.73].

The Mansion House, Henry St, Cork (now The Mercy Hospital).
Photo 2009. From Google street view.