John Drumgoole
John Drumgoole
Priest and philanthropist, born Granard, County, Longford, Ireland , 1816 ; died New York, New York, USA, 1888 . He founded (1881 ) the Mission of the Immaculate Virgin for homeless and destitute boys, its support being derived from Saint Joseph’s Union. The mission’s present home is at Mount Loretto, Staten Island.