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Dr. Daniel Delany 1747-1814
Early LifeDaniel Delany was born in January 1747 in Paddock, inthe parish of Castletown, which is about 2 miles fromMountrath Co. Laois.His family were middleclass farmers. The ruinsof his home still standon the corner of thepresent day Bennettsfarm. Daniel’s parents’names were DanielDelany and ElizabethFitzpatrick. He was thefirst of two sons and was named after his father. Daniel’sfather died when Daniel junior was only a young childand Daniel’s younger brother also died in boyhood.Daniel attended the local school in Brisclagh, which wasprobably a hedge school at the time due to The PenalLaws. However when he was ten years old his mothersent him to live with his aunts in the nearby town ofMountrath. His aunts were known as the MissesFitzpatricks and they ran a-well-to-do business in thetown. He was considered a talented and attentive boy; hisaunt recognised this and gladly became responsible forhis education. The parish priest Fr. Denis Lawler becameDaniels guide and tutor. It is also said that a learnedProtestant gentleman who had been educated in Englandinstructed Daniel in Latin grammar. Daniel’s educationhad to be carried out in secret because of The PenalLaws. Catholic worship was also forbidden at that timedue to these laws and mass was celebrated in the open air
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