May 2, 2015
Father Michael Garrahy
Father Michael Garrahy, died Saturday, May 2, 2015. He was buried in County Clare, Ireland, where he was born on Sept. 14, 1925. Fr. Garrahy studied for the priesthood at St. Patrick Seminary in Carlow, Ireland, where he was ordained on June 3, 1951. About five months later he was named as an assistant at St. Patrick Parish in Wichita. He served throughout the rest of the 1950s at Holy Name in Winfield, Mary, Queen of Angels in Fort Scott, and St. Rose in Wellington. In 1963 he returned to Holy Name, Winfield. Four years later he was named pastor of St. Anthony/St. Rose in Wellington. Fr. Garrahy's last parish was St. Michael in Mulvane where he served from 1985 to 1995, when he retired. During his service to the Diocese of Wichita he was a chaplain for the Knights of Columbus and was a member of the diocesan Priests' Council. Fr. Garrahy was a resident of the Priest Retirement Center in Wichita when he passed away.