John J. Ahern DCL, STL, (1911–1997) was an Irish Roman Catholic clergyman, who served as Bishop of Cloyne from 1957 until 1987.
Born in 1911, a native of Leamlara, near Midleton, County Cork, Ahern was ordained in 1936.
[1] He was appointed professor of canon law at Maynooth College in 1946.
The National School in Leamlara, which succeeded the one he attended, is named in his honour.
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