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William Gahan (5 June 1732 in the parish of St. Nicholas, Dublin – 6 December 1804 in the parish of St. Nicolas, Dublin) was an Irish priest and author. Life [ edit ] Gahan entered on his novitiate in the Augustinian Order, on 12 September 1748 and made his solemn profession on 18 September 1749.
A priest and author; born 5 June, 1732, in the parish of St. Nicholas, Dublin ; died there, 6 December, 1804. He entered on his novitiate in the Augustinian Order, 12 Sept., 1748 and made his solemn profession 18 Sept., 1749. Shortly afterwards he was sent to Louvain, where he ...
Click to enlarge. Gahan, WILLIAM, priest and author; b. June 5, 1732, in the parish of St. Nicholas, Dublin; d. there, December 6, 1804. He entered on his novitiate in the Augustinian Order, September 12, 1748 and made his solemn profession September 18, 1749. Shortly afterwards he was sent to Louvain, where he commenced his ecclesiastical ...
A priest and author; born 5 June, 1732, in the parish of St. Nicholas, Dublin; died there, 6 December, 1804. He entered on his novitiate in the Augustinian Order, 12 Sept., 1748 and made his solemn profession 18 Sept., 1749. Shortly afterwards he was sent to Louvain, where he commenced his ecclesiastical studies, 1 June, 1750.
Dr. Gahan held the office of prior from 1770 to 1778, and also from 1803 until his death in the following year. In 1783 he was made provincial of his order, an office which he continued to hold for some years. In 1786-7 he travelled through England, France, and Italy.
Contributed by. Keogh, Dáire. Gahan, William (1732–1804), Augustinian friar and author, was born 5 June 1732 in Dublin, son of Denis Gahan and Mary Gahan (née Warren). Received into the Augustinian order in 1748, he studied at Louvain, where he was ordained (1755) and secured a doctorate in theology. Returning to Dublin in 1761, Gahan ...
GAHAN, WILLIAM (1730–1804), ecclesiastic and author, born in Dublin in June 1730, was of a Leinster sept, the original name of which was O'Gaoithin, anglicised Gahan. He was educated at Dublin, became a member of the Augustinian order there, and in 1747 entered the catholic university of Louvain, where he studied for eleven years and received ...
