John Kearney
Franciscan priest, martyr hanged at Clonmel in Ireland
Who they were
The Roman Martyrology for 11 March places him at Clonmel in Ireland, a priest of the Order of Friars Minor and martyr who, condemned to death for crossing England as a priest, escaped the sentence by flight, and was afterwards accused a second time, under the government of Oliver Cromwell, of exercising the priesthood in his own country and was hanged.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
Hanged at Clonmel for exercising the priesthood in Ireland.
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.
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.