Lives of Irish Martyrs and Confessors . to me ; and when he had dwelt with mesome days, I sent him to a certain convent of our order,there to lead a penitential life. He yet lives, and I hopebetter than before.—Mooney, p. 55. Amm 1577. FATHER FERGAL WARD, FRANCISCAN.* Dr. Moran thus relates his martyrdom : While Drury was lord-deputy, about 1577, FergalWard, a Franciscan, and a native of Donegal, was put todeath in Armagh. He was venerated by the people forthe simplicity of his life and his zeal for the salvation ofsouls. He travelled at intervals throughout the wholeprovince of Armagh, visiti
Lives of Irish Martyrs and Confessors . to me ; and when he had dwelt with mesome days, I sent him to a certain convent of our order,there to lead a penitential life. He yet lives, and I hopebetter than before.—Mooney, p. 55. Amm 1577. FATHER FERGAL WARD, FRANCISCAN.* Dr. Moran thus relates his martyrdom : While Drury was lord-deputy, about 1577, FergalWard, a Franciscan, and a native of Donegal, was put todeath in Armagh. He was venerated by the people forthe simplicity of his life and his zeal for the salvation ofsouls. He travelled at intervals throughout the wholeprovince of Armagh, visiting the scattered families who, inthe mountainous districts, lived without the comforts of theholy sacrifice or the strengthening grace of the one of these excursions he fell into the hands of the • From Dr. Morans History of the Archbishops of Dubliti, Introduction, p. 141, where hequotes Synop. Prov. Franciscan, in Hib., p. 66. The same account is gven by Bruodin, cap. 20, where he refers to John Goods In the Reign of Elizabeth. 43 soldiery, and, being scourged with great barbarity, washanged from the branches of a tree with the cincture ofhis own religious habit. FATHER ODOWD, FRANCISCAN.* Father Mooney did not know the name of this martyr,which, however, we learn from other authorities ; but Igive his account as the fullest and most authentic, as itwas derived from the actors in the tragedy. He also statesit to have taken place in the convent of Elphin, in theepiscopal city of Elphin, while others lay the scene in theconvent of Moyne, in the county of Mayo. Clearly theEnglish soldiers who assisted at the massacre and narrat-ed it to Father Mooney knew little of the name of theplace where it occurred or of the priest whom they sawslain ; but they are the very best authorities as to the facthaving taken place. Father Mooney thus narrates the event: In this same convent, on another time, certain Englishsoldiersf seized a certain priest of our o
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