Early Years and Background
Clune was educated in Ruan and at St Flannan's College in Ennis. In 1879 he entered the Catholic Missionary All Hallows College in Dublin to study for the priesthood. He was ordained in 1886, aged 22. His first appointment was to St Patrick's College, Goulburn in New South Wales.
He professed vows as a member of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorists) on 13 September 1894.
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