FATHER KEOGH

Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 38, 14 August 1917, Page 8

FATHER KEOGH

A notable personality in the Catholkj clergy of New Zealand, the Very Revi Father Augustine Keogb, S.M., 8.A., dice: last night at Greenmeadows, Hawke3 Bay^ after, a long illness. Father Koogh was, born in Dublin in 1858, arid camo to New Zealand in 1901. He was a prominent) factor in the history of St. Patrick's Col-j lege, Wellington, of which ho was Eectoß from the time of his arrival here until: 1909. Te had previously been Rector ofr St. Mary's College, DundalU, and as an! educationist ho made a distinct, inter-! osting, and impressive mark on the train j ing of the Catholic youth of New Zea-j land. He brought to the exercise of his responsible office a dignity and efficiency of control that ensured not only the respect, but the love, of students. In the days when the cadet system was in full swing the late Father Keogh was one of its most earnest advocates, and the cadets of "St. Pat's." had no reason to complain of the position thoy hold in tho embryo military world. In 1909 ho succeeded Dean Smyth in the charge of tho Hastings Parish, and administered thero until 1915, when he again joined the staff of St. Patrick's College. In Hastings ho did valuable work, arid his name is still revered. He left the college again at the end of last year, and ho has since been at the Greenmeadows Seminary. For some years past Father Koogh's health has been failing. He will bs remembered by many an "old boy" of the college as a stern disciplinarian, a most capable teacher, a kindly guide, and a gentleman of distinction. Ho was regarded as an authority in astronomy, in which science he took a keen interest. The flag at the college was flying at half-mast to-day. The funeral will take place at Hastings on Thursday.