Researching Richard Connolly
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The name Richard means "strong ruler" and is of German origin.
Records of Richard Connolly on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Richard Connolly and the Connolly Family History
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Connolly Genealogy Databases
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Some Famous People called Richard Connolly
Richard Connolly (composer)
Richard Connolly (born 10 November 1927) is an Australian musician, composer and former broadcaster for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
His published and performed works allow him to be counted as among Australia's most prolific composers of Catholic Church music, particularly with regard to the hymns he composed for the Church in Australia, and which are now published and used inter-denominationally. His hymns have been composed to accommodate and adorn the liturgical reforms of the Second Vatican Council.
He is noted for his collaborations with Australian poet James McAuley. His compositions have been successful internationally, both in the Christian and secular field.
Source: Richard Connolly (composer), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaRichard Connolly (monk)
Richard Hugh Connolly (1873 – 16 March 1948) was a monk of Downside Abbey in Somerset, England, and a patristic scholar who was a major contributor to Syriac scholarship.
He was born at Carcoar in New South Wales, Australia, and attended St Stanislaus' College, Bathurst, in 1889. He continued his education in England at Downside and at Christ's College, Cambridge. He made his solemn profession at Downside Abbey in 1896, was ordained priest in 1899, and became Head of Benet House, Cambridge (1904–16), where he was closely associated with some outstanding patristic scholars in the university (J. A. Robinson, F. C. Burkitt, J. F. Bethune-Baker). His main work lay in the field of early Syrian Christianity. Barred for reasons of health from administrative or public roles he was trained by Edmund Bishop and belonged to a notable group of Cambridge Orientalists. He was a major contributor to the Journal of Theological Studies, the Downside Review and an early editor in the Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium.
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