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Rev. Dr. Matthew Cullen (1864-1936) was an Irish Catholic priest and Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin.He was born in Kilcarney Co. Wicklow in the parish of Hacketstown on St. Patrick’s Day 1864 to Matthew Cullen and Elizabeth Kehoe. He commenced his clerical studies in St. Patrick’s Carlow College and continued them in Maynooth.He was ordained in 1889 and served initially as a curate in Geashill Killeigh and the Tinyland he served as chaplain to the Curragh Army camp.Fr.