Dennis Cahill

Dennis Cahill was an Irish missionary priest working in western Maryland, USA, in the late 1700s, where he founded several Catholic parishes in the Potomac River valley area.

[1] Cahill was involved in the founding of several Catholic parishes in the Potomac River region.

In 1786, he served Catholics in the area of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, where, in 1792, a log structure was built called "Christ's Church".

[2] Cahill was an acquaintance of another missionary, Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin.

[3] In the following year, a log chapel was constructed dedicated to Mary, the mother of God.