Peter Yorke

Born on Galway's Long Walk on 13 August 1864,[2] he was the youngest child of Gregory Yorke, a sea captain, and his wife, Bridget, née Kelly.

[citation needed] The Yorke family were originally from Holland, where the name was spelled Jorke.

[3] In 1882, after initially schooling at Coláiste Iognáid Galway,[4] Yorke then graduated from St. Jarlath's College in Tuam.

He then went to St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, where he studied for four years before being adopted by the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

Every Palm Sunday the United Irish Societies of San Francisco hold a memorial celebration of Peter Yorke at Holy Cross Cemetery.