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Francis Henry Swift was Dean of Clonmacnoise from 1885 to 1892.
Dowse was born in County Westmeath and educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1856. After a curacy in Mullingar he held incumbencies at Clonfad and Castletown.He spent his whole career at Mullingar (curate from 1855 to 1865; incumbent thereafter) before his appointment to the deanery.