John Francis Shearman
Priest and historian
About John Francis Shearman
Lived 1830 – 1885 (aged 54–55). John Francis Shearman was a British historian of religion, catholic priest and antiquarian.
John Francis Shearman (1831–1885) was an Irish priest, antiquarian and historian.
Born in Kilkenny in 1831, he studied at Maynooth College and was ordained in 1862. He was posted to serve as a curate in Dunlavin, and researched early Christian relics around Dunlavin. Shearman moved to Howth, near Dublin. In 1883 he was appointed parish priest in Moone, County Kildare, where he died in 1885, and is buried in the chapel.
Shearman's manuscripts are held in the archives in Maynooth University.
Publications Loca Patriciana by Shearman, John Francis, (1879)
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priest and historian (1830- 1885)
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John Francis Shearman was born in 1830 in Kilkenny.
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John Francis Shearman died in 1885 in Moone.
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John Francis Shearman was a historian of religion, catholic priest and antiquarian.
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John Francis Shearman was British.
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