P. J. Brophy

Brophy BD (1919 – 1998) was an Irish Catholic priest, historian and educator.

Brophy taught and served as President of Carlow College from 1970 until 1974.

A regular syndicated columnist and contributor to local newspapers e.g.

[1] He also contributed to The Irish Ecclesiastical Record and The Furrow magazines.

Brophy was also a historian and founding member of The Old Carlow Society (now The Carlow Historical & Archaeological Society) in 1946, and he was first editor of its journal, The Carlovana.