Excerpt from Duquesne Monthly, Vol. 24: October, 1916 In September, 1878, he was appointed director of studies in Rockwell College, Tipperary, and then, by his Splendid talents and wonderful Spirit of organization, gave a new impetus to that progressive college under the recently organized intermediate system of education established in Ireland by the government. From a simple country college Rockwell at once bounded to the front rank among the great institutions of learning in Ireland, sharing honors with her sister college, Blackrock. During this time Father Murphy's zeal for the spiritual welfare of countless parishes and religious communities became known throughout the length and breadth of Ireland. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.