Farranferris, also known as St Finbarr's College, was a secondary school in Cork City, Ireland. It opened in 1887, closed in 2006, and was an important institution in the twentieth century history of
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Daniel Cohalan was an Irish Roman Catholic clergyman who served as the Bishop of Cork from 1916 to 1952.
St Finbarr's College, Farranferris
…outside students. The first of these boys began classes in September 1909. In 1916, the Bishop of Cork, Thomas A. O'Callaghan, died and was replaced by Daniel Cohalan; Cohalan was the first bishop of Cork who had previously passed through Farranferris as a student. At the time Cohalan was appointed bishop, World War…
Bishop Daniel Cohalan (centre) with the Reverend Patrick MacSwiney (left) and Sisters of Charity from Kinsale (circa 1928)