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Holy Cross Priest, Civil War chaplain, missionary, and temperance lecturer who graduated from the University of Notre Dame, 1851.
Correspondence, 1855-1904; Cooney's sermons and speeches; his Civil War diary describing his service with the 35th Indiana Regiment (the First Irish Indiana Volunteers), 1864-1865; manuscripts of his works, 1861-1890; a notebook describing his tour of the United States to collect material on the role of Catholic chaplains and nuns in the Civil War, 1890; clippings he collected on the Civil War, Ireland, and temperance; and printed material.