T (The picture is of the Qianlong Emperor out hunting, by the Jesuit painter Guiseppe Castiglione) The first Irish missionary to live and die in China was Robert Hanna (1762-1797) of Newry. He was a member of the group of Vincentians planning to take over from the Jesuits as the Qianlong Emperor’s Western astronomers, painters … Continue reading First (modern) Irish Missionary in China?