He was born on 23 December 1856 in Sooey, County Sligo, Ireland.[3] He was educated at the Marist Brothers school in sligo and Summerhill College, in 1876 he went to Maynooth College to study for the priesthood and was ordained priest on 22nd June 1882.[4]
Priestly Ministry
His first served as a teacher at Summerhill College in Sligo for five years before becoming Professor of English Literature at Maynooth College. [5]
Oratory, or the art of preaching was a particular skill of Clancy's and a separate Chair of Sacred Eloquence was created for him: his talents were sought for special occasions and, in 1895, he preached the sermon for the centenary of Maynooth. [6]
He continued the work of his predecessor in building such edifices as were necessary for the development of the faith though in Clancy's episcopacy this was mostly schools rather than churches, convents or presbyteries. While on the staff of Maynooth College he had become friends with Eugene O'Growney and assisted in the development of the Gaelic League, but took little part in active nationalist politics. [7]
He died in office on 19 October 1912, aged 55 years old.[1][2]
^ abFryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 428. ISBN0-521-56350-X.
