# Event Details - **Event Name**: JOHN JOSEPH THERRY Irish landlord, merchant & priest in colonial Australia - **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 25 Sep, 2026 at 12:00 pm – Fri, 25 Sep, 2026 at 01:00 pm (+01:00) - **Event Description**: New research by Dr Damian John Gleeson challenges the traditional story of a celebrated pioneer of Australian Catholicism.About this EventJoin us in the The City Library, Grand Parade for a talk with Dr Damian John Gleeson, PhD about the subject of his recently published book: John Joseph Therry: Irish landlord, merchant and priest in the Australian colonies New research drawing on thousands of previously unpublished Irish and Australian manuscripts reveals that Fr John Joseph Therry — long celebrated as the saintly founder of Australian Catholicism — accumulated a vast property portfolio and regularly engaged in unethical commercial dealings in the penal colonies of New South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land.Appointed Catholic chaplain to New South Wales, Therry arrived at Botany Bay in May 1820. Over more than four decades of ministry across New South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land, he became:a zealous and outspoken advocate for the colony’s predominantly Catholic populationa determined participant in land acquisition and all matter of business venturesthe writer, witness, executor, and beneficiary of dozens of Irish estatesBenefactor to the Irish Jesuits to establish themselves in Melbourne and SydneyThe study reveals that Therry actively pursued property holdings, ultimately controlling an extensive portfolio stretching from Sydney, St George, and Parramatta to Campbelltown, Pittwater, Windsor, Dungog, Bong Bong, and Holbrook, and held 85,000 acres of land. Therry acted with avarice in the management of Irish estates, refusing to send bequests to poor widows and children in Ireland, sometimes for more than three decades. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/cork/john-joseph-therry-irish-landlord-merchant-and-priest-in-colonial-australia/100001999374531044 - **Event Categories**: art, fine-arts, literary-art, parades - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 1 hour - Location: Cork City Library - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: EUR ## Event venue details - **city**: Cork - **state**: CK - **country**: Ireland - **location**: Cork City Library - **lat**: 51.89678319999999 - **long**: -8.4752034 - **full address**: Cork City Library, 61 Grand Parade, Cork, Ireland ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: JOHN JOSEPH THERRY Irish landlord, merchant & priest in colonial Australia - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events2/banners/49fe7616427c4585eae7e193c20b0cbd8d541e6b7e0dda2b739cd9dc911ae906-rimg-w940-h788-dc88b8d8-gmir.jpg?v=1788311017 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is JOHN JOSEPH THERRY Irish landlord, merchant & priest in colonial Australia being held? - **A:** JOHN JOSEPH THERRY Irish landlord, merchant & priest in colonial Australia takes place on Fri, 25 Sep, 2026 at 12:00 pm to Fri, 25 Sep, 2026 at 01:00 pm at Cork City Library, 61 Grand Parade, Cork, Ireland. - **Q**: Who is organizing JOHN JOSEPH THERRY Irish landlord, merchant & priest in colonial Australia? - **A:** JOHN JOSEPH THERRY Irish landlord, merchant & priest in colonial Australia is organized by The City Library, Grand Parade. - **Q**: Who is this event for? 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