jan 1, 1836 - Some of the first Catholic Missionaries were Irish

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Irish in Hawaii (1965) lists:
-Father Short (1827)
-Brother (returned as Father) Columban Murphy (1836)
-*Father Robert Walsh (1836) AKA Father Arsenius Walsh.*

Conrad (1999) lists:
-*Father Arsenius Walsh*
-Henry/Harry Purdy
-Benjamin Thompson.

According to Conrad (1999), Father Walsh served for over 30 years and built the first Catholic churches on Kauai and Hawaii. Father Walsh, Purdy, and Thompson were from the French order of the Congregation of the Sacred Heart.

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