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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
.