Ralph Corbie was an Irish Jesuit priest born in Maynooth in 1598. After spending his early years in northern England, he pursued theological studies in Saint-Omer, Seville, and Valladolid. He joined the Society of Jesus around 1626 and later returned to England, where he served in Durham under the name Carlington. His life ended in 1644 during the anti-Catholic persecutions, when he was arrested while wearing his vestments and subsequently executed at Tyburn alongside a fellow priest.