Edward Nangle
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Edward Nangle (1799 – 9 September 1883) was a Church of Ireland minister and the founder of the Achill Mission Colony. He established a Protestant mission on Achill Island, County Mayo, in 1834 and worked there for eighteen years with the aim of bringing Protestantism to the Native Irish Christians who were impoverished in large part due to the Penal Law policies of the Protestant Ascendancy.[1] Edward Nangle was involved in evangelical attempts to convert Catholics to Protestantism.[2] He opened a Christian school on the island where children were taught reading, writing, agricultural skills and Christianity as part of a Missionary Colony. His presence on the island led to some press coverage and parliamentary debates.[3] The island itself was developed with a pier built at Dugort, a courthouse at Achill Sound and a road network between numerous key locations on the island.[2] A plaque hanging in St. Thomas Church, Dugort, dedicated to Edward Nangle and erected by friends after his death, reads: "He devoted his life from the year 1834 to the welfare of the people of Achill among whom he lived for many years."
The Reverend Edward Nangle | |
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Missionary to Achill | |
Church | Church of Ireland |
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Ordination | 1824 by Bishop Thomas O'Beirne |
Personal details | |
Born | 1799 (1799) |
Died | 9 September 1883(1883-09-09) (aged 83–84) Monkstown, County Dublin, Ireland |
Denomination | Protestant |