List of deans of Lismore
- ?–1549 James Butler [1]
- 1564 Gerald FitzJames FitzGerald (deprived) [1]
- 1583–1610 John Prendergast [1]
- 1610-1614 Thomas Wilson [1]
- 1614–1622 Michael Boyle (appointed Bishop of Waterford and Lismore 1619, but retained deanery in commendam until 1622) [1]
- 1622–1622 Edward Brouncker [1]
- 1622–1627/8 Robert Daborne [1]
- 1628 John Greg [1]
- 1630–1639/40 Robert Naylor (afterwards Dean of Limerick) [1]
- 1640–1647 Edward Parry (afterwards Bishop of Killaloe 1647) [1]
- 1647 Robert Parry [1]
- 1661–1663 Richard Underwood [1]
- 1664–1666 Hugh Gore (afterwards Bishop of Waterford and Lismore 1666) [1]
- 1666–1670 Richard Lingard [1]
- 1670–1678 Michael Ward (afterwards Bishop of Ossory 1678) [1]
- 1678–1682 Edward Jones (afterwards Bishop of Cloyne 1682) [1]
- 1683–1690 Barzillai Jones [1]
- 1691–1719 William Jephson [1]
- 1719–1720 Arthur Price (afterwards Dean of Ferns, 1720) [1]
- 1720–1723 William Crosse (afterwards Dean of Leighlin, 1723) [1]
- 1723–1724 John Francis
- 1724–1725 William Burscough (appointed Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe 1725) [1]
- 1725–1747 Alexander Alcock [1]
- 1747–1762 Washington Cotes [1]
- 1762–1791 John Ryder [1]
- 1791–1796 John Whetham [1]
- 1796–1828 John Scott [1]
- 1828–1831 John Bayly [1]
- 1831–1834 Sir George Bishopp, 9th Baronet [1]
- 1834–1849 Henry Cotton [2]
- 1850–1850 Thomas Townsend (afterwards Dean of Waterford 1850 and Bishop of Meath 1850) [2]
- 1850-1884 Montague Browne [2]
- 1884-1913 Henry Brougham [2]
- 1913–1919 George Mayers [2] (afterwards Dean of Waterford, 1919)
- 1919–1930 William Greene [2]
- 1930–1934 John Leslie [2]
- 1934–1961 Charles Stanley [2]
- 1961–1987 Gilbert Mayes [2]
- 1988-1990 Bill Bowder [2]
- 1990–1996 Cecil Weekes [2]
- 1996–1999 James Healey [2]
- ?2003–2008 William Beare [3]
- 2009–present Paul Draper [2]