Father Raphael McAuliffe

Regiment: O.F.M.
Date published: 24/11/1916
Killed in action: Yes
Date of death: 06/10/1916
Information: Rev. Father Raphael McAuliffe, O.F.M., Army Chaplain, died while on active service in France, and was buried in Limerick with military honours. He was a son of Mr. Michael McAuliffe, of Inchibawn, Abbeyfeale, County Limerick, and was in his 30th year. He entered the Franciscan Order at Killarney in 1903, and after a very distinguished course of theological and philosophical studies in Rome was ordained to the priesthood at St. Isidore's, Rome, in 1910. Returning to Ireland, he ministered with much zeal in many districts until he volunteered for service at the front.
Additional information: On CWGC as Cornelius McAuliffe