ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JUNE Saints celebrated on the 20th of June WELCOME! THE IRISH CATHOLIC MARTYRS Mass in a Connemara Cabin by Aloysius O'Kelly, 1883 The custom of priests saying Mass secretly in people's homes dates to the era of the Irish Catholic Martyrs. On September 22 , 1992, Pope John Paul II beatified a group of 17 Irish Martyrs, recognizing men and women - both laypeople and clergy - who were killed for their Catholic faith between 1579 and 1654 during the Tudor and Stuart conquests of Ireland. Their feast day is June 20 , which marks the anniversary of the 1584 execution of Archbishop Dermot O'Hurley. The Martyrs: Blessed Patrick O'Healy (bishop), Blessed Cornelius O'Rourke (priest), Franciscans, d. 1579; The Wexford Martyrs: Blessed Matthew Lambert, Blessed Robert Meyler, Blessed Edward Cheevers, and Blessed Patrick Cavanagh, d. 1581; Blessed Dermot O'Hurley, Archbishop of Cashel, d. 1584; Blessed Margaret Ball, Dublin laywoman, d. 1...