James Byrne (dean of Clonfert)

James Byrne (1 July 1820 – 23 October 1897) was a Church of Ireland priest in Ireland during the nineteenth century.[1]

Byrne was born in County Carlow and educated at Trinity College, Dublin.[2] He served incumbencies at Raymoghy, County Donegal and Cappagh, County Tyrone.[3] He was Dean of Clonfert[4] from 1866 until his death.

References
  1. Handbook of British Chronology By Fryde, E. B;. Greenway, D.E;Porter, S; Roy, I: Cambridge, CUP, 1996 ISBN 0-521-56350-X, 0713642556
  2. Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860), George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p125: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
  3. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1885 p190: London; Horace Cox; 1885
  4. "Fifty years of disestablishment" Patton, H.E. p44: Dublin; Association for Promoting Christian Knowledge; 1922


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