Blessed William Tirry

Also known as

• Guglielmo Tirry
• Liam Tuiridh
• William Tirrey

Memorial

• 2 May
• 20 June as one of the Irish Martyrs

Profile

Son of John and Joan Tirry. Studied in Valladolid, Spain and Paris, France. Augustinian priest. He returned to Ireland in 1630, and worked many years as secretary for his uncle, the bishop of Cork. In 1654 he was assigned to Fethard, Tipperary. Arrested on Holy Saturday, 25 March 1654, and condemned to death for his crime of being a priest. One of the Irish Martyrs.

Born

• 1608 in Cork, Ireland

Died

• hanged on 2 May 1654 in Clonmel, Ireland

Venerated

• 6 July 1991 by Pope John Paul II

Beatified

• 27 September 1992 by Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy

Canonized

• if you have information relevant to the canonization of Blessed Dermot, contact
     Irish Bishops‘ Conference
     Saint Patrick‘s College
     Maynooth, County Kildare, IRELAND

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Institute of Saint Clement I Pope and Martyr
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Blessed William Tirry“. Saints.SQPN.com. 15 May 2013. Web. 20 June 2013. <>