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An Irish-American priest, educator, and literary critic; born in Killemain, Ireland, June 29, 1847; emigrated to the United States in childhood; died at Plattsburg, N. Y., Aug. 20, 1893. He joined the order of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. He became in 1866 professor of mathematics and English literature at Rock Hill College, Ellicott City, Md., and in 1878 president, remaining such until 1889, after which he lived in New York and its neighborhood until his death. As a lecturer on literary, philosophic, and pedagogic themes, he was eloquent and influential; his papers on Dante and Aristotle were read at the Concord School of Philosophy, and he was a frequent speaker in different parts of the country. He was also a steady contributor to the periodicals; his essays, afterwards gathered into book form, embodying the results of wise thought and ripe culture, and possessing a fine literary quality. His critical attitude was that of the Christian scholar making a constant appeal to the ideals of the great past, and judging the present thereby. His printed works are: "The Development of English Literature"; "Old English Period"; "Philosophy of Literature"; "Psychological Aspects of Education"; "Address on Thinking"; "Aristotle and the Christian Church"; "Culture of the Spiritual Sense"; "Phases of Thought and Criticism".