A Melancholy Truth

A Melancholy Truth The Travels and Travails of Fr Charles Bourke, C. 1765-1820

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Publisher's Synopsis

Charles Bourke was born in the 1760s in Carrowcubick, near what is now Ballycastle, Co. Mayo. He was educated in The Irish College, Salamanca, Spain, ordained for the diocese of Killala in 1792 and, in response to an appeal from King Philip II of Spain, he volunteered for service in Spanish Louisiana, becoming the first parish priest of Baton Rouge in the same year.

Book information

ISBN: 9780954033729
Publisher: Banley House
Imprint: Banley House
Pub date:
DEWEY: 941.707
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 239
Height: 245mm
Width: 165mm