Patrick Eric MacFhinn

Patrick Eric MacFhinn | Pàdraig E. MacFhinn (8 March 1895, Lismanny – 1987) was an Irish priest, teacher, and author. For thirty-five years, he edited the monthly Ar Aghaidh and contributed to An Claidheamh Soluis and other Irish periodicals. For his doctorate, he studied in Rome and was ordained there in 1919. He also conducted research on Irish martyrs in the Vatican archives. He lectured at the University of Galway and was involved in a number of literary, cultural, and educational initiatives.

Publications in Erskine’s Periodicals

Guth na Bliadhna

  • ‘Seann-Litreachas: Lamh an Ghaedhil i Leabhragan an Vatican’ [essay, IR], Volume XVIII, Issue 4 (Winter 1921)
  • ‘Lamh an Ghaedhil i Leabhragan an Vatican II: An Bailiu Palaitineach’ [essay, IR], Volume XIX, Issue I (Winter 1923)
  • ‘Lamh an Ghaedhil i Leabhragan an Vatican III: Pal. Lat. 235’ [essay, IR], Volume XIX, Issue II (Spring 1924)

An Ròsarnach

  • ‘Èire agus Alba i Measg Paipear Stàite na Roimhe’ [essay, IR], Vol. III (1921)

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