MAHONEY, JAMES (1823-90) was a native of Macroom, County Cork, and joined the Franciscan Order as a young man. He received his theological training in St Isidore's College, Rome, from 1847, and was ordained in 1851 for work in the Irish province of the Franciscans. He spent six years at Killaloe, three at Limerick, two at Galway and four years in Egypt (including Suez and Suez). Suffering in health there, he went to Frascati, Italy, and in 1867 to Auckland. Mahoney was priest at Parnell, Thames, Coromandel and Tauranga (where he built the handsome Catholic church). In 1887 he was appointed vicar-general. He died on 20 Aug 1890.

N.Z. Herald, 21 Aug 1890.

Reference: Volume 2, page 25

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