Dean Cogan was a nineteenth century Roman Catholic Irish

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 priest

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, (awarded the religious title of dean

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), who wrote a history of the Diocese of Meath

Diocese of Meath

The Diocese of Meath is an Irish diocese which took its name after the ancient Kingdom of Meath. In the Roman Catholic Church it still exists as a separate diocese, but in the Church of Ireland it has been united with other dioceses.-History:...

 in Ireland

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. Published in two volumes in 1862 and 1867, Cogan's The Diocese of Meath

The Diocese of Meath

The Diocese of Meath is a nineteenth century publication on the history of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Meath from medieval to nineteenth century times, written by one of the Diocese's priests, Dean Cogan, a priest in Navan, the then Diocesan capital....

was an important history of Christianity

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 in Ireland.

Cogan's work led to the naming of a housing estate in his memory: Dean Cogan Place' is located in Navan

Navan

-People:Navan was the childhood home of Pierce Brosnan, who appeared in the television series Remington Steele and was the fifth film actor to play James Bond. TV personality Hector Ó hEochagáin, and comedians Dylan Moran and Tommy Tiernan also hail from Navan....

, where he had served as a curate

Curate

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