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Monsignor Ciaran O'Carroll is an Irish Catholic priest who serves as Rector of the Pontifical Irish College in Rome.
From Mount Merrion in Dublin, Fr. O'Carroll studied for the priesthood in Clonliffe College and also at University College Dublin before further studies in Rome, graduating from the Angelicum University, Rome, and the Gregorian University, Rome. O'Carroll holds a Doctorate in Church History. He has lectured in Clonliffe College and also at Maynooth College.
As a priest in the Dublin Diocese, O’Carroll served as parish priest of Saggart, Rathcoole, and Brittas. He worked in Clonliffe for the Archbishop of Dublin as the Episcopal Vicar for Evangelisation, and also served as the Administrator of the Catholic University Church on St Stephen's Green, Dublin
O'Carroll was appointed Rector of the Irish College in 2011.
Publications
- Ciaran O'Carroll, Paul Cardinal Cullen: Portrait of a Practical Nationalist, Veritas Books, 2009.