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1. www.theirishstory.com › 2020/12/15 › canon-jamesCanon James McFadden – The fighting priest of Gweedore

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   Dec 15, 2020 · Father McFadden started his pastoral career as the curate of the parish of Upper Templecrone. Nearly 5 years into his priesthood in late 1875, he would move to the parish where he would make history and have such a major impact, that of Gweedore.

2. www.irishcentral.com › roots › historyCanon James McFadden - "fighting priest of Gweedore"

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   Aug 2, 2023 · Canon James McFadden, a man of faith who fought for the rights of his parishioners against unjust foreign landlords in Co Donegal, is still celebrated a century after his death.

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3. www.irishcentral.com › roots › historyCanon James McFadden – Donegal priest fighting against ...

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   Canon James McFadden had just been released from Derry jail after serving six months for membership of the Land League and inciting his parishioners to withhold their rents, but his fight...

4. www.irishtimes.com › opinion › an-irishman-s-diaryAn Irishman’s Diary on the fighting priest of Gweedore

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   Apr 20, 2017 · McGill's 1914 novel, Children of the Dead End, has a damning portrait of a parish priest, Fr Devaney, who is based on Canon McFadden.

5. wildatlanticgweedore.ie › the-fighting-priest-ofFather McFadden the fighting priest of Gweedore

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   That man is Canon James McFadden, also known as the ‘fighting priest of Gweedore’. A key member of the Land league, Educator, Parish Priest and a man who was tried for the murder of RIC inspector William Martin.

6. www.rte.ie › radio › docononeDocumentary On One - Father McFadden of Gweedore - RTÉ

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   This documentary focuses on Father James McFadden, parish priest of Gweedore, who opposed evicitions by the agents of Lord George Hill, landlord for that area. He had first come to Gweedore in...

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   Who was father James McFadden?

   • The life and times of Father James McFadden, parish priest of Gweedore, who opposed evicitions by the agents of Lord George Hill, landlord for that area (Broadcast 1975) The great famine, in addition to reducing the population of Ireland by over two million, demonstrated dramatically the inequalities of the landlord system in the country.

   Documentary On One - Father McFadden of Gweedore - RTÉ

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   Who was Fr McFadden?

   • Fr McFadden was no stranger to a scuffle. Nicknames of his, listed in an entry by the Dictionary of Ulster Biography, might give a clue as to his disposition: “The Fighting Priest of Gweedore” and “An Sagart Mór”. A supporter of the Land League, he had, in 1888, spent six months in prison for a similar charge under the 1887 Act.

   A policeman tried to arrest a priest – the parishioners killed him

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   Who was Canon James McFadden?

   • "The fighting priest of Gweedore," Canon James McFadden, died 100 years ago today. "He was not averse to fisticuffs or to using his blackthorn stick in encounters with transgressors and once made a group of children walk barefoot to school for a week in winter," Henry Boylan wrote of him in his Dictionary of Irish Biography.

   An Irishman’s Diary on the fighting priest of Gweedore

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   Who was James McFadden?

   • James was ordained on the 1 st of January 1871 in St Patricks Cathedral, County Armagh by his uncle the most reverend Dr McGettigan who had recently become the primate of all Ireland. Father McFadden started his pastoral career as the curate of the parish of Upper Templecrone.

   Canon James McFadden – The fighting priest of Gweedore

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   Was Father McFadden powerless?

   • We have it from Father McFadden himself that in the course of his 10 years administration of the parish he had never before in many crises found the people escape from his control, and the only occasion on which they failed to respond to his appeal was when he was powerless because the people saw him made the victim of outrage.

   Canon James McFadden – Donegal priest fighting against injustice

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   How did Fr McFadden become famous?

   • But it was in the land campaign that he became famous. When the landlords agents arrived at one house to evict a tenant, Fr McFadden stood in the doorway. He withstood the bailiffs and orders were given for his arrest the following Sunday as he was saying Mass.

   Documentary On One - Father McFadden of Gweedore - RTÉ

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8. www.irishtimes.com › news › offbeatA policeman tried to arrest a priest – the parishioners ...

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   Aug 18, 2019 · As parish priest Fr James McFadden exited the chapel after saying Sunday Mass, he met a group of police officers waiting in the yard to arrest him. Some locals attending the service on the...