He left Maynooth after ordination for the Diocese of Clonfert in 1895 and was appointed as a Roman Catholic priest to Loughrea , County Galway between 1896 and 1904 .
He left Maynooth after consecrating the Diocese of Clonfert in 1895 and was appointed Roman - Catholic priest between 1896 and 1904 to Loughrea , County Galway .