Patrick G. Kennedy SJ (1881–1966), was an Irish Jesuit priest, naturalist and ornithologist. He was responsible for creating Ireland's first nature reserve at Bull Island in Dublin in 1931.[1][2] He served as president of the Dublin Naturalist and Field Club (1941–42).[3]

Kennedy was born in Caherconlish, County Limerick in 1881. He was educated at Crescent College[4] and joined the Jesuits in 1898, training in Tullabeg College, Stonyhurst College in England and Milltown Park in Dublin. He taught for a number of years in the Crescent College, Limerick where he was prefect of studies from 1916 to 1925 and Belvedere College, Dublin.[1]

Publications

  • An Irish Sanctuary – Birds of the North Bull, by Fr. Patrick G. Kennedy SJ, Dublin: The Sign of The Three Candles, 1953.
  • The birds of Ireland, by P. G. Kennedy SJ, and Kevin O'Shiel, 1955.

References

  1. 1 2 Bull Island - Irish Sanctuary www.manrsea.ie
  2. ↑ North Bull Island Bird Report 2018
  3. ↑ The Irish Naturalists' Journal, Vol. 33, No. 1 (12 December 2013), pp. 28-34.
  4. ↑ Crescent Alumni www.crescentpast.com


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