Giles Eyre
Church of Ireland priest, Dean of Killaloe, d. 17 January 1750
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| Intro | Church of Ireland priest, Dean of Killaloe, d. 17 January 1750 | ||||||
| Places | Ireland | ||||||
| was | Priest Anglican priest | ||||||
| Work field | Religion | ||||||
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| Religion: | Anglicanism | ||||||
| Birth | 1689 | ||||||
| Death | 17 January 1750 (aged 61 years) | ||||||
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Giles Eyre (1689–1749) was an Anglican priest in Ireland in the eighteenth century.
His father John Eyre of Eyrecourt Castle (died 1741) was a grandson of John Eyre, the Cromwellian settler in Galway. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He was Archdeacon of Ross from 1716 to 1749; Chancellor of Cork from 1717 to 1730; Dean of Killaloe from 1728 until his death; Prebendary of Clonfert from 1730 to 1750; and Treasurer of Kilmacduagh from 1737 until his death.
His son was an Irish politician.