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Enda McDonagh B.Sc., DCL, DD, is a priest of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tuam.
He was born in Bekan, near Clanmorris, Co Mayo and had a distinguished academic career at St Jarlath's College, Tuam and at Maynooth, where he was ordained in 1955. Prior to his theology studies Enda qualified with a undergraduate degree in Science from Maynooth, before studying theology in Maynooth, Rome and in Munich.
Following subsequent graduate work in Maynooth, he was awarded a doctorate in divinity and a doctorate in canon law. He was appointed Professor of Moral Theology and Canon Law at the Pontifical University at Maynooth in 1958, a post which he held until his retirement from full-time teaching in 1995.
He has written sixteen books and contributed to sixteen more. In the early 1960s, he founded the InterChurch Association of Moral Theology, and he is also involved with the conducting of ecumenical retreats with the Church of Ireland and other Anglican clergy. In 2007 he was appointed an ecumenical canon at St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin.
McDonagh has been very critical about the Catholic Church's refusal to morally condone the use of contraceptives to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS. One of his ex-students has written, "In my opinion one of the greatest tragedies to befall the Irish Church in recent times, was its inability to harness the messanic qualities of Enda MacDonagh in a leadership role. but his role of 'outsider' in the Church has played a vital role for many".[ THE GOOD SAMARITANS - MEMOIR OF A BIOGRAPHER BY ANTHONY J. JORDAN WESTPORT BOOKS 2008 P. 98-99. ISBN 978-0-9524447-5-6]
He was a close friend of a former Taoiseach, Garret FitzGerald, and he officiated at the funeral Mass for the late taoiseach.
Rev. Dr. McDonagh served as official chaplain to President Mary Robinson.
He served on the Senate of the National University of Ireland, and as part of the board of the Higher Education Authority. In 1999 Rev. McDonagh was appointed the chairman of the governing body of University College Cork.
In 2000 Dr McDonagh was conferred with an honorary Doctorate by University College Cork. In 2001 Professor Mc Donagh was conferred with an honorary Doctorate of Divinity by Trinity College, Dublin.