Anthony Fahy
1805–1871
Irish link: Documented
The Loughrea Dominican who was chaplain, banker and matchmaker to the Irish of Buenos Aires from 1844 to 1871, and a supporter of Rosas.
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Capilla del Señor
The town of Exaltación de la Cruz partido, with an 1838 cemetery of Irish vaults, Irish chaplains buried in its church and the school Rodolfo Walsh first attended.
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- Town
- Where
- Buenos Aires · Exaltación de la Cruz · Argentina
- On the globe
- 34.29° S, 59.10° W · Coordinates from Wikidata · See it on the globe
Visiting
Visiting: Not confirmedas of 2018
The church burials were described in a 2018 provincial bill and the cemetery vaults by the IAHS in 2004; current access was not checked.
Source: Buenos Aires provincial bill D-2271 (2018), 2018(opens in a new tab)Capilla del Señor is the town of the partido of Exaltación de la Cruz, north-west of Buenos Aires. An 1863 list names Irish estancieros there: Culligan, Fox, Gaynor, Harrington, Lennon, Scally and Tormey, the Irish Argentine Historical Society recorded in 2004. James Gaynor of Co. Westmeath was a councillor at Capilla del Señor in 1856 and left 90,000 hectares to some 150 family members when he died in 1892. The estancia Los Tres Pozos was founded by John and James Fox and later bought by John Murray of Co. Longford. Eduardo Tormey, mayor for over twenty years, was the first elected by popular vote, in August 1887. Michael Mahon is listed as vice-president of the Home Rule League in 1876.
The church was rebuilt in 1866 with strong Irish participation, and two Irish chaplains are buried in its atrium; a 2018 provincial bill names Fathers P. O'Grady, E. Weber and G. Grennan as lying in the entrance hall. The 1838 cemetery holds Gaynor, Mahon and Murray vaults, and there is a street sign for Fr Fahy. The partido also has a town named Diego Gaynor and the Lennon stream.
The writer Rodolfo Walsh first attended the Irish school in Capilla del Señor, according to Edmundo Murray, before boarding at the Instituto Fahy in Moreno. The historians Korol and Sabato drew Exaltación de la Cruz in their sample of the most Irish partidos.
People linked to this place
Rodolfo Walsh
1927–disappeared 25 March 1977
Irish link: DocumentedWriter and investigative journalist of Irish descent, schooled at the Instituto Fahy, author of Operación Masacre and the Irish stories; shot and disappeared by an ESMA task group in March 1977.
- Letters and journalism
- Politics and public life
Sources
- Source: IAHS, Irish Place Names and Landmarks: Capilla del Señor (2004), 2004(opens in a new tab)
- Source: Buenos Aires provincial bill D-2271 (2018), 2018(opens in a new tab)
- Source: SILAS DILAB, Murray, Gaynor, James (1 Jun 2004), 1 June 2004(opens in a new tab)
- Source: Edmundo Murray, Walsh, Rodolfo, SILAS DILAB (2004, edited 2009), 2009(opens in a new tab)
- Source: María Eugenia Cruset, census study of the Irish in Monte and Saladillo (2021), 2021(opens in a new tab)