About Edward Holland
Lived 1838 – 1918 (aged 79–80). Edward Holland was an author.
Fr. Edward Holland O.D.C. was an Irish priest and writer (1838–1918).
Born in Kilreekill, County Galway. Studied in Belgium where he was ordained in 1860. Elected provincial of his Discalced Carmelite order on six occasions. A well-known nationalist, he contributed to the United Irishman; at one period he was one of two people publishing it exclusively.
He was a great-granduncle of Rev. Martin Coen, who was a grand-nephew of Fr. Thomas Cawley.
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Irish writer
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Edward Holland was born in 1838.
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Edward Holland died in 1918.
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Edward Holland was an author.
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