Francis
Treacy, educated 1889-1904, ordained 1904, Wilcannia-Forbes. Served in Broken
Hill, Cobar and Balranald.
John J Treacy, born 1896, from Kiltullagh, Glenamaddy, Co. Galway, educated 1912-1919, ordained 1919, Wilcannia-Forbes, Presbytery, Bourke, NS Wales. Served in Broken Hill, Barham, Bourke and Warren. Vicar General 1953-1964. Monsigor, 1954. Died 16/8/1964. Burried at Warren. CLV (1965) 96.
Matthew
Treacy, educated 1866-1875, ordained 1875, Kildare and Leighlin. Curate in
Myshall, Clonbullogue and Ratheen. PP Rosenallis January-November 1902. Died
16/11/1902.
Michael J. Treacy,
born 9/7/1947, from Westport, Co. Mayo, educated 1966-1972, ordained in 1972
for Natchez (Biloxi). Associated
Pastor: Bay St. Louis, Nativity – Biloxi, Gulfport. Director of ‘Renew’
for the diocese of Biloxi 1985-. Pastor: St. Thomas Aquinas/Hattiesburg 1988-.
Peter
Treacy, from Cappagh Co. Tyrone, educated 1849-1891, ordained 1891,
Wilcannia-Forbes RIP. Served in
Crookwell and later PP in Gundagai 1919-1933. Died 19/5/1935.
“Father Peter Treacy (of
Tyrone) studied at St. Patrick's College in Carlow from 1884 to 1891. He was
ordained a Missionary Priest in Carlow Cathedral into the Diocese of Wilcannia,
Australia on 14 June 1891 by the famous historian and Co-Adjutor Bishop of
Kildare and Leighlin, Most Rev. Michael Comerford. One other classmate, Colman
Casey, was also ordained for Wilcannia Diocese. In the same ceremony other classmates were ordained for the
Dioceses of Sydney and Goulburn in Australia . His first Parish was Bourke then
Brewarrina and Nyngan. He then moved to
the Archdiocese of Canberra & Goulburn (as it had now become) where Fr.
Treacy served in Crookwell and Gundagai where he was P. P. from 1919 to 1932.
He died on 19th May 1935 and is buried in Gundagai aged seventy years
old.” Mairead McCormack-Kelly
Where
the age is not given, it may be presumed to be in the range of 16 and 25 years.
McEvoy, John (1993) St. Patrick’s College Carlow
1793-1993. St. Patricks’s College, Carlow.