FAHY, Anthony D., clergyman, born in Loughrea, Ireland, in 1804; died in Buenos Aires in 1871. He studied theology in St. Clement's Irish convent of Dominicans, Rome, where he became a member of the order. After being ordained priest he came to the United States, and for more than ten years was employed in missionary duty in Ohio and Kentucky. In 1843 he was invited by the Irish residents of Buenos Aires to become their pastor, and went thither. In 1857 he brought out Sisters of Mercy from Ireland, by whose aid he founded the Irish convent, and in 1861 he erected a large building for them in the Calle Rio Bamba. As his countrymen increased in numbers and prosperity, he provided them with chaplains at Luxan, Mercedes, Capilla del Señor, San Antonio, and in all the mining districts. He founded burses in the missionary College of All Hallows, Dublin, specially for this purpose, and also established Irish reading rooms, libraries, and schools. Notwithstanding his age and ill health, he continued his attendance on the sick during the yellow fever epidemic of 1871, until he was prostrated by the disease three days before his death. He died so poor that his funeral expenses had to be borne by his parishioners.