-40- aormori xj&b given ly 2ov. %villiaa V * Sfedbnald, Jeven idle lay. Intewaent took place in.tho adjoining ccnetery.3^ HIS7. ,j0ii3? H aOOMiaf (deceased) iather Joe ftooney, the eldest of five priest cons of ahilip &xmsy and Ellen -bKenna, uas born in lona in 2887. Sw> slaters also entered the religious life* (ffee latter were torn in Cherry Valley)* Bq taught acliool for a few year3, and graduated from St* iXiaotan^s in 1912* Following theological training at juebeo's Grand Setoinsiy, be -.?as ordained at '/croon iiiver la 1 J 15 "ay I&ahop Tenry Q» leery. Father P.ooney taught at 3t* Dana tan1 a for two years, and in 1918 r?ent overseas as chaplain for one year. Xe returned to the teaching staff at St* .Cansten*a in 1919* reaaining until 1922. 3h that year ho woe named pastor at :.'orell where lie regained until 1940 when ho was transferred to Cardigan * In January* 2942* he passed away at the King's County ibepital, Lbntague. 2ho funeral Efess at All Saints Church was celebrated hy ::cv. ISShael Itooney (the deceased priest*3 iianodiato predecesaor at Cardigan ) of ^loorofield* The eulogy vtss delivered hy Ssv, Owen Kigglns * Georgetown *^' Ifcne of tho priest brothers came to the Island for the funeral. The same of Father Joe Hooney Trill long be reaxjsnbered, for in addition to his old-fashioned hospitality, he possessed a ready wit and an Irish brogue which endeared hira to all*- Be i 3 buried la Cardigan . 3£ sza Bhaas3#fcfca&aaa. Saandtea* (July, 1946) 37 ^^JlEaafld*laSgBl^iaS3^3^> (January, 1942)