Parish Priests of Collinstown and Fore
1704 Hugh Fury*
1704 Luke Dease *
1784 James Fleming*
1786 John Murray*
1786 Garret Reilly*
1796 James Flood*
1821 Bernard Masterson*
1835-1836 Richard Ennis
1836-1837 Joseph Grey
1837-1844 Edward Carey
1837-1874 Michael Coughlan**
1874-1884 Luke Farrelly
1884-1893 John Curry
1893-1900 Patrick Murtagh
1890-1908 Thomas Scally**
1908-1911 Nicholas Woods**
1911-1920 Thomas Mulvany (Later Bishop of Meath)
1920-1929 Hugh Carpenter**
1929-1923 Christopher Keane
1935-1965 John O Reilly
1965-1976 Thomas Brady
1976-1994 Christopher Gibney
1994-1998 John Kiernan
1998-2013 Michael Walsh
2013-2022 Patrick Donnelly
2022 Martin Carley
* Date of death or departure unknown
** Buried in Collinstown or Fore
Graves of Parish Priests in the church grounds and St Mary's Cemetery Collinstown
Graves of Parish Priests in the church grounds and St Mary's Cemetery Collinstown
Snowdrops in bloom planted to commemorate Rev Thomas Mulvany who was Parish Priest from 1911-1920
Curates of Collinstown and Fore Parish
1867-1874 Luke Farrelly
1867-1868 Christopher Moore
1870-1871 Philip King
1871-1877 Patrick Gough
1877-1880 Christopher Caldwell
1880-1882 James Duffy
1882-1889 Daniel Cuskelly
1892-1895 James Carberry
1895-1897 William Egan
1897-1898 Thomas Scally
1899-1903 Hugh Carpenter
1903-1993 Mathew Hynes
1903-1904 Edward Smyth
1904-1906 Bernard Farrell
1906-1906 John O’Reilly
1906-1907 Thomas Murray
1907-1908 Thomas Keappock
1908-1909 Peter Leonard
1909-1911 William Behan
1911-1911 Thomas Lynch
1911-1912 John McCarthy
1912-1913 Kevin Brady
1913-1917 William Moran
1917-1917 John Finnegan
1917-1918 Hugh Keane
1918-1919 James Nugent
1919-1922 Thomas Keappock
1922-1923 Edward Kellaghan
1923-1926 Patrick Brady
1926-1929 Michael Hughes
1929-1935 Bernard Plunkett
1935-1938 Thomas Murray
1938-1940 Thomas Johnson
1940-1956 Patrick Dunne
1956-1962 Philip Cuffe
1962-1968 Christopher Gibney
1975-1979 Thomas Mullen
No curates have served in the parish of Collinstown and Fore since 1979.
Priests Born in the Parish of Collinstown and Fore
Rev. Thomas W. Drum, was born at Fore on 12" July 1871.
Rev. Peter Fagan. *
Rev. Michael Woods. *
Rev. Edward Murtagh was born at Johnstown in 1885.
Rev. Peter Adlum was born at Condalevan in 1891.
Rev. Peter Gallagher. *
Rev. Lawrence Ryan. *
Rev. Patrick Briody. *
Rev. Thomas O’Farrell. *
Rev. John Adlum. *
Rev. John Gilsenan. *
Rev. Joseph Fagan. *
Rev. Edward Smyth. *
Rev. Patrick Nolan. *
Rev. Michael Gough was born in 1860.
Rev. Patrick Martin was born in 1825.
Rev. Thomas Halpin was born on 20 May 1842.
Mer. Bernard Fagan was born on 27 February 1868.
Rev. Michael Fitzsimons was born on the 28 August 1842.
Rev. Michael Gilsenan was born on 6 February 1853.
Rev. Sean Halpin. *
Rev. Feighin Gilhooly. *
Rev. Sean Fay. *
Rev. Vincent Mulligan. *
Rev. Seamus Flynn.
Rev. M. A. Muldoon was born at Fore in March 1822.
Rev. John Coyle. *
Rev. David Ryan. *
Rev. Patrick Briody as born in Collinstown in 1864.
Rev. Michael Fitzsimons was born in Glenidan in 1896.
Rev. Michael McCormack. *
Rev. Patrick McCormack. *
Rev. Liam Gavigan. *
Rev. Michael Daly. *
Rev. Richard Walsh was born in 1944.
Rev. James Murphy was born in 1943.
Rev. Patrick Moore. *
Rev. Brendan McCormack. *
Rev. Sean Healy. *
Rev. John Mc Manus. *
Rev. Michael J Bartley
* No date of birth available
Missionary Priests of Collinstown and Fore Parish
Most Rev. Thomas W. Drum was consecrated Bishop of Des Moines on 22nd May 1919. He died on 24th October 1933.
Rev. Edward Murtagh entered All Hallows in 1905. In 1912 he travelled to Melbourne. He died in Melbourne on 2 July 1953.
Rev. Peter Adlum was ordained in 1918 and served in the diocese of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. He died in November 1946.
Rev Michael Gough ministered in Royapuram, Kitchery, Pallararum, New South Wales and Tamworth. He died in July 1880.
Rev. Patrick Martin was ordained for Madras in 1849. He joined the Conceptionists in England and was later ordained for Little Rock in America.
Rev. Thomas Halpin was ordained in the USA in 1865. He died in Brattlesboro, Vermont, in 1873.
Mgr. Bernard Fagan entered All Hallows in 1890. He ministered in York-Victoria, Park-West and Perth-Subiaco. He died in 1947.
Rev. Michael Fitzsimons entered All Hallows in 1865. He ministered in Australia. He died by drowning in 1873.
Rev. Michael Gilsenan entered All Hallows in 1875. He went to New Zealand.
Rev. Patrick Briody served in America. He died in July 1926.
Rev. Michael Fitzsimons was editor of the missionary magazine ‘The Lourdes Messenger’. He conducted missions and retreats throughout Ireland. He became the Rector of Church of the English Martyrs in Tower Hill, London. He died in1963.
Rev. Liam Gavigan is now working on Canada Missions.
Rev. Richard Walsh is serving in the USA.
Rev. James Murphy is serving in the diocese of Sacramento.
Rev. Sean Weldon educated at Kiltegan. Now serving with the Nigeria Missions.
Rev. Sean Healy ordained in June 1970 for Shrewsbury by the Bishop of Bunbury, Australia.