Giles Eyre (priest)


Giles Eyre was an Anglican priest in Ireland in the eighteenth century.
His father John Eyre of Eyrecourt Castle 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.