Erasmus Matthews

Last updated

Francis Edward Clarke was an Irish Anglican clergyman. [1]

Matthews was ordained deacon on 13 September 1613; and priest on 26 February 1614. [2] He held the Vicarages of Tawnagh and Aghanagh [3] was collated Archdeacon of Elphin on 10 October 1615 and served throughout 1616 and 1617.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lily Yeats</span> Irish artist (1866–1949)

Susan Mary Yeats, known as Lily Yeats, was an embroiderer associated with the Celtic Revival. In 1908 she founded the embroidery department of Cuala Industries, with which she was involved until its dissolution in 1931. She is known for her embroidered pictures.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">William Scott, 1st Baron Stowell</span> British politician

William Scott, 1st Baron Stowell was an English judge and jurist. He served as Judge of the High Court of Admiralty from 1798 to 1828.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tyrconnell</span> 400s–1607 kingdom of Gaelic Ireland

Tyrconnell, also spelled Tirconnell and Tirconaill, was a kingdom of Gaelic Ireland. It is associated geographically with present-day County Donegal, which was officially named County Tirconaill between 1922 and 1927. At times it also included parts of County Fermanagh, County Sligo, County Leitrim, County Tyrone and County Londonderry at its greatest extent. The kingdom represented the core homeland of the Cenél Conaill people of the Northern Uí Néill and although they ruled, there were smaller groups of other Gaels in the area.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kakuyids</span> Daylamite Shia dynasty in Iran (1008–1141)

The Kakuyids were a Shia Muslim dynasty of Daylamite origin that held power in western Persia, Jibal and Kurdistan. They later became atabegs (governors) of Yazd, Isfahan and Abarkuh from c. 1051 to 1141. They were related to the Buyids.

"Under Ben Bulben" is a poem written by Irish poet W. B. Yeats.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bishop of Killala</span> Catholic episcopal title in Ireland

The Bishop of Killala is an episcopal title which takes its name after the village of Killala in County Mayo, Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church it remains a separate title, but in the Church of Ireland it has been united with other bishoprics.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roman Catholic Diocese of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise</span> Catholic diocese in Ireland

The Diocese of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Ireland.

The Bishop of Achonry is an episcopal title which takes its name after the village of Achonry in County Sligo, Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church it remains as a separate title, but in the Church of Ireland it has been united with other bishoprics.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bishop of Elphin</span>

The Bishop of Elphin is an episcopal title which takes its name after the village of Elphin, County Roscommon, Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church it remains a separate title, but in the Church of Ireland it has been united with other bishoprics.

Tadhg Dall Ó hUiginn was an Irish poet.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">George Browne, 3rd Marquess of Sligo</span>

George John Browne, 3rd Marquess of Sligo was an Irish peer.

The Most Reverend John Joseph Clancy (1856–1912) was an Irish Roman Catholic clergyman who served as the Bishop of Elphin from 1895 to 1912.

Dudley Persse (1625–1699) was an Anglo-Irish landlord and Anglican priest.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Edward Joshua Cooper</span> Landowner, politician and astronomer

Edward Joshua Cooper was an Irish landowner, politician and astronomer from Markree Castle in County Sligo. He sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1830 to 1841 and from 1857 to 1859, but is best known for his astronomy, and as the creator of Markree Observatory.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">George Marlay</span>

George Marlay was an Irish Anglican priest in the eighteenth century: he was Bishop of Dromore from 1745 until 1763. He gave his name to Marlay Park, which is now a popular amenity in south Dublin.

Crinus Irwin was an Anglican priest in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, most notably Archdeacon of Ossory from 1822 until his death on 17 December 1859.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">St. Crumnathy's Cathedral, Achonry</span> Church in Co Sligo, Ireland

St. Crumnathy's Cathedral Achonry, is a former cathedral in the Republic of Ireland.

John O'Flynn was an Irish who served firstly as parish priest at Curry, County Sligo; and then as Bishop of Achonry from 1809 until his death on 18 July 1817.

Rachel Moss is an Irish art historian and professor specialising in medieval art, with a particular interest in Insular art, medieval Irish Gospel books and monastic history. She is the current head of the Department of the History of Art at Trinity College Dublin, where she became a fellow in 2022.

References

  1. Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN   0-521-56350-X.
  2. Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 4" Cotton, H. pp170/1 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878
  3. The History of Sligo: Town and County -, Volume 1 O’Rorke, T: Sligo, Lulu Press, 2014 ISBN   978-1-909906-23-5