US-based priest did not intend to revoke his Irish will leaving 40-acre farm to cousins, High Court rules

The priest was attached to an archdiocese in the US before his death and owned 40 acres of farmland in Ireland which he left to two of his cousins in a 2001 Irish will. (Stock image)

Tim Healy

The High Court has approved the Irish will of a late US-based priest after a subsequent American will raised an issue about whether his Irish property had been left to his two cousins.

The priest was attached to an archdiocese in the US before his death and owned 40 acres of farmland in Ireland which he left to two of his cousins in a 2001 Irish will.