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BL. WILLIAM IRELAND, PRIEST AND MARTYR - 24 JANUARY

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY Saints celebrated on the 24th of January WELCOME! BLESSED WILLIAM IRELAND, PRIEST AND MARTYR  [Blessed] William Ireland was a Jesuit martyr, born in Lincolnshire, 1636; executed at Tyburn, January 24, 1679; eldest son of William Ireland of Crofton Hall, Yorkshire, by Barbara, a daughter of Ralph Eure, of Washingborough, Lincolnshire (who is to be distinguished from the last Lord Eure) by his first wife.  He was educated at the English College, St Omer; admitted to the  Society of Jesus  at Watten, 1655; professed, 1673; and was for several years confessor to the Poor Clares at Gravelines.  ON THE ENGLISH MISSION In 1677 he was sent on the English Mission and appointed procurator of the province. On the night of September 28, 1678, he was arrested by  Titus Oates  in person, and amongst others who shared his fate was John Grove, a layman, the nominal occupier of that part of Wild House, London, occupied by the Jes...