John Ireland
priest and martyr at Tyburn
Feast: 7 March (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At London in England, the Blessed martyrs John Larke and John Ireland, priests, and German Gardiner, who for their fidelity to the Roman Pontiff died by hanging at Tyburn, under King Henry VIII.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 7 March as a priest hanged at Tyburn under Henry VIII for his fidelity to the Roman Pontiff.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
Connected on this site
- German Gardiner Blessed“His other companions at the bar were John Larke, and John Ireland, a priest who had once been Thomas More's chaplain.” — Wikipedia
- John Larke Blessed“At London in England, the Blessed martyrs John Larke and John Ireland, priests, and German Gardiner, who for their fidelity to the Roman Pontiff died by hanging at Tyburn, under King Henry VIII.” — this site's research
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.