Ryan Rev Michael Harrington^[1]
1822 - 1887

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• Title	Rev
  Prefix	Rev
  Birth	1822	,Drumcondra,, Ireland   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	7 Oct 1847	Liverpool, Lancashire, England   [2]
  Immigration	7 Feb 1848	,Sydney, NSW, Australia   [3, 4]
  	RYAN Michael Revd St VincentP07 Feb 1848Liverpool1275Revd P Ryan, Deacon in SMH
  Ordained	7 May 1848	,Sydney, NSW, Australia   [5]
  Occupation	Between 1870 and 1879	,Newcastle, NSW, Australia   [6]
  	Parish Priest
  Occupation	8 Feb 1879	,,NSW, Australia   [7]
  	Catholic Priest
  	APPOINTMENTS.-The Rev. Michael Harrington Ryan as Roman Catholic chaplain of the gaol at Darlinghurst, vice Collingridge, to take effect from the 1st instant ; Mr. ,Fi
  Died	12 Nov 1887	Leichhardt, NSW, Australia   [2, 8, 9]
  	Name:Michael H Ryan Death Date:1887 Death Place:New South Wales Registration Year:1887 Registration Place:Leichhardt, New South Wales Registration number:2371
  FuneralSer	14 Nov 1887	Church of the Assumption, Missenden Road, Camperdown, NSW, Australia   [10]
  	A SOLEMN DIRGE and REQUIEM MASS will be celebrated at the Church of the Assumption, Missenden road, Camperdown, THIS (Monday) MORNING, at half-past 9 o'clock, for the repose of the soul of the late Rev. Michael Harrington Ryan.
  Buried	14 Nov 1887	Rookwood Cemetery, Rookwood, NSW, Australia   [2]
  FuneralSer	13 Dec 1887	St Marys, Newcastle, NSW, Australia   [11]
  	A SOLEMN DIRGE and REQUIEM for the Repose of the Soul of the late Rev. MICHAEL HARRINGTON RYAN will be held in St. Mary's, Newcastle (his Lordship the Bishop of Maitland presiding), on TUESDAY next, 13th instant, commencing at 10 a.m.
  Person ID	I8612	Geniaus Family Tree
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2012

  
  

  Father	Ryan Thomas,   d. Bef 1842, ,,,Ireland
  Mother	Harrington Ellen,   d. Bef 1842, ,,,Ireland
  Married	Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F126	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S133] Forbes Times, May 20, 1911. [S13] WWW, http://www.immigrationplace.com.au/www/248/1040427/displayarticle/1011104.html?pub=1&objectid=1007246&portletid=1001209&pagemode=2&orderbycolumn=&. [S89] NSW State Records, Index to the Unassisted Arrivals NSW 1842-1855. [S13] WWW, http://www.immigrationplace.com.au/www/248/1040427/displayarticle/1011104.html?pub=1&objectid=1007246&portletid=1001209&pagemode=2&orderbycolumn=&. Michael Ryan and his colleague, Eugene Luckie, who were deacons and one year short of ordination, accepted the call and sailed from Liverpool on October 7, 1847 in the St. Vincent. They arrived in Sydney on Sunday, February 6, 1848. [S13] WWW, http://www.immigrationplace.com.au/www/248/1040427/displayarticle/1011104.html?pub=1&objectid=1007246&portletid=1001209&pagemode=2&orderbycolumn=&. He was ordained in Sydney on May 7, 1848 and in September was assigned a position which no one else would accept, that of solitary Catholic chaplain on Norfolk Island. In writing to a friend he said, inter alia, "I feel it passing sweet beyond expression to sit with the prisoners in their dark solitary cells, to hear their sad and bitter tales, the circumstances of their youth, the sources of their misfortune, and the terrible heart-rending misery and degradation, both moral and physical, to which they had been made subject, and then in return to offer them whatever consolation I can". [S13] WWW, http://www.newcastlecatholic.org.au/page7564/History-and-Archives.aspx. 1870 – 1879 Father Michael Harrington Ryan [S2] Sydney Morning Herald, Saturday 8 February 1879. [S52] NSW BDMs, Registration Year:1887 Registration Place:Leichhardt, New South Wales Registration number:2371. [S13] WWW, http://www.catholicdirectory.com.au/deceasedclergy/list. Deceased Clergy for 12 November 1887 12 Nov 1887 Rev Michael Harrington Ryan Grafton, Newcastle, Sydney, NSW; Hobart, etc [S2] Sydney Morning Herald, Monday 14 November 1887. [S2] Sydney Morning Herald, Saturday 10 December 1887.