Aug 01, 2024
The Headless Headstone of Friars Bush Graveyard is Andrew Joseph McKenna Nationalist Newspaperman
McKenna, Andrew Joseph (1833–72), newspaper editor, was born 1 November 1833 in Co. Cavan, third son of Joseph McKenna (occupation unknown) and Esther McKenna (née Young). He was educated at Kilmore Academy, Co. Cavan, and St Patrick's College, Maynooth, where he matriculated on 28 August 1853. Deciding against ordination, he was for a time a teacher at Summerhill College, near Athlone, Co. Wes
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