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Thomas Le Fanu (priest)
Thomas Philip Le Fanu (1784–1845) was an Irish Dean in the first half of the 19th century. He was the son of Joseph Le Fanu and Alicia Sheridan, and the father of Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu and William Richard Le Fanu. He married Emma Lucretia Dobbin. He was Dean of Emly and rector of Abington, Limerick from 1826 to 1845. Prior to this position, he was chaplain at the Royal Hibernian Military School in Phoenix Park, Dublin.William Richard Le Fanu (1893''Seventy Years of Irish Life'' Edward Arnold, London He died in Abington Glebe House on 20 June 1845. He was buried in the grounds of Abington Church. References Deans of Emly 1784 births 1845 deaths Thomas {{Ireland-Anglican-clergy-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Great Britain and Ireland), North Channel, the Irish Sea, and St George's Channel. Ireland is the List of islands of the British Isles, second-largest island of the British Isles, the List of European islands by area, third-largest in Europe, and the List of islands by area, twentieth-largest on Earth. Geopolitically, Ireland is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Ireland), which covers five-sixths of the island, and Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom. As of 2022, the Irish population analysis, population of the entire island is just over 7 million, with 5.1 million living in the Republic of Ireland and 1.9 million in Northern Ireland, ranking it the List of European islan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dean (religion)
A dean, in an ecclesiastical context, is a cleric holding certain positions of authority within a religious hierarchy. The title is used mainly in the Catholic Church, Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion, and many Lutheranism, Lutheran denominations. A dean's assistant is called a sub-dean. History Latin ''decanus'' in the Roman military was the head of a group of ten soldiers within a ''centuria'', and by the 5th century CE, it was the head of a group of ten monks. It came to refer to various civil functionaries in the later Roman Empire.''Oxford English Dictionary'' s.v.' Based on the monastic use, it came to mean the head of a chapter (religion), chapter of canon (priest), canons of a collegiate church or cathedral church. Based on that use, dean (academic), deans in universities now fill various administrative positions. Latin ''decanus'' should not be confused with Greek ''diákonos'' (διάκονος),' from which the word deacon derives, which describes a suppo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Times
''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper ''The Sunday Times'' (founded in 1821) are published by Times Newspapers, since 1981 a subsidiary of News UK, in turn wholly owned by News Corp. ''The Times'' and ''The Sunday Times'', which do not share editorial staff, were founded independently and have only had common ownership since 1966. In general, the political position of ''The Times'' is considered to be centre-right. ''The Times'' is the first newspaper to have borne that name, lending it to numerous other papers around the world, such as ''The Times of India'', ''The New York Times'', and more recently, digital-first publications such as TheTimesBlog.com (Since 2017). In countries where these other titles are popular, the newspaper is often referred to as , or as , although the newspaper is of nationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alicia Sheridan Le Fanu
Alicia Sheridan Le Fanu (1753–1817) was an Irish writer. She was the daughter of actor Thomas Sheridan and his wife, writer Frances Chamberlaine Sheridan. She was the sister of Richard Brinsley Sheridan and Betsy Sheridan and the aunt of writer Alicia LeFanu Alicia Le Fanu (1791 – 29 January 1867) was an Irish poet and writer. Biography Alicia Le Fanu was the daughter of Betsy Sheridan and Captain Henry Le Fanu, and a granddaughter of actor Thomas Sheridan and his wife, writer Frances Sheridan. ... (with whom she is sometimes confused). Select bibliography * ''The Sons of Erin; Or, Modern Sentiment'' References 1753 births 1817 deaths 18th-century Irish dramatists and playwrights 18th-century Irish women writers 19th-century Irish dramatists and playwrights 19th-century Irish women writers Irish women dramatists and playwrights Alicia Sheridan Writers from Dublin (city) {{playwright-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Richard Le Fanu
William Richard Le Fanu (24 February 1816 – 8 September 1894) was an Irish railway engineer and Commissioner of Public Works. Le Fanu was born at the Royal Hibernian Military School in Dublin into a literary family of Huguenot, Irish and English descent. Biography Born in Dublin, Le Fanu attended Trinity College Dublin. He was apprenticed to and became assistant to Sir John Benjamin Macneill. His most notable projects were railway schemes in Ireland. In 1846 he was appointed resident engineer in the completion of the Cork railway terminal. He then succeeded MacNeill as consulting engineer to the railway and supervised various line extensions including those to Roscrea, Parsonstown and Nenagh. Le Fanu was appointed to the Board of Public Works in 1863, first as deputy Chairman later as chairman. Projects * Cork railway terminal * Knocknadundarragh viaduct, Borris, County Carlow County Carlow ( ; ga, Contae Cheatharlach) is a county located in the South-East Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dean Of Emly
The Dean of Emly was based at The Cathedral Church of St Alibeus, Emly in the former Diocese of Emly within the Church of Ireland. St Alibeus' cathedral was demolished in 1877. List of deans of Emly *1245–1251 Gilbert O'Doherty (Gilbertus)(afterwards Bishop of Emly, 1251) *1272 Maurice *1295 Philip *1305 William Roughead *1418 John Pellyn *1502 Raymond de Burgh *1542 Donogh Ryan *1602 Hugh Hogan *1608 Kennedy M'Brian *1615 John Darling *1621–1626 Edward Warren (afterwards Dean of Ossory, 1626) *1627 John Crayford *1640 William Burleigh *1666 Tempest Illingworth *1669 George Mundy *1675–1685 Robert Ewing *1685–1692 Ulysses Burgh (afterwards Bishop of Ardagh, 1692) *1693–1695 Thomas Smyth (afterwards Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe, 1695) *1697–1700 Richard Reader (afterwards Dean of Kilmore, 1700) *1700/1–1709 Enoch Reader *1710–1713 John Wetherby (afterwards Dean of Cashel, 1713) *1714–1735 William Perceval *1735–1736 Jame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Hibernian Military School
The Royal Hibernian Military School was founded in Dublin, Ireland in 1769, to educate orphaned children of members of the British armed forces in Ireland. In 1922 the Royal Hibernian Military School moved to Shorncliffe, in Folkestone, Kent, and in 1924 it was merged with the Duke of York's Royal Military School which, by then, was in its current location atop 'Lone Tree Hill' above Dover Castle. General The foundation of the School came about in 1769 when King George III granted a Charter of Incorporation on 15 July, the School Governors holding their inaugural meeting on 6 November in Dublin Castle. The buildings housing the school were erected in 1771 in the Phoenix Park, overlooking the village of Chapelizod in the Liffey valley (in full view of the Wicklow mountains). The chapel was designed by Thomas Cooley, while thirty years later Francis Johnston designed the extensions to the buildings. It first took in 90 boys and 50 girls as pupils (in the charge of an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phoenix Park
The Phoenix Park ( ga, Páirc an Fhionnuisce) is a large urban park in Dublin, Ireland, lying west of the city centre, north of the River Liffey. Its perimeter wall encloses of recreational space. It includes large areas of grassland and tree-lined avenues, and since the 17th century has been home to a herd of wild fallow deer. The Irish Government is lobbying UNESCO to have the park designated as a world heritage site. History The park's name is derived from the Irish ''fhionnuisce'', meaning clear or still water. After the Normans conquered Dublin and its hinterland in the 12th century, Hugh Tyrrel, 1st Baron of Castleknock, granted a large area of land, including what now comprises the Phoenix Park, to the Knights Hospitaller. They established an abbey at Kilmainham on the site now occupied by Royal Hospital Kilmainham. The knights lost their lands in 1537 following the Dissolution of the Monasteries under Henry VIII of England. Eighty years later the lands reverted to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Vesey-FitzGerald, 3rd Baron FitzGerald And Vesey
Henry Vesey-FitzGerald, 3rd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey (19 December 1786 – 30 March 1860), was an Irish Dean in the middle of the 19th century. Vesey-FitzGerald was born on 19 December 1786, the youngest son of James Fitzgerald and Catherine Vesey, created Baroness FitzGerald and Vesey in 1826. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He held incumbencies at Castlerahan, County Cavan and then Ballintemple, Cork. He was Dean of Emly from 1818 until 1825, when he became Dean of Kilmore, a position he held until his death on 30 March 1860 at Danesfort, County Cavan County Cavan ( ; gle, Contae an Chabháin) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Ulster and is part of the Border Region. It is named after the town of Cavan and is base .... He succeeded to the barony of FitzGerald and Vesey in 1843 following the death of his brother William Vesey-FitzGerald, 2nd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey; the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brabazon William Disney
Brabazon William Disney was an Irish Dean in the middle of the 19th century. Disney was born in County Louth on 13 July 1797 and educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He held incumbencies at Siddan, Stackallan and Inishmot before becoming Archdeacon of Raphoe in 1835, a post he held for ten years until he became Dean of Emly. In his spare time he compiled an eight-volume collection of his sermons. He was Dean of Armagh from 1851 until his death on 20 December 1874. There is a memorial to his wife Anna on the wall of the north transept of St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh There are two St Patrick's Cathedrals in Armagh, Northern Ireland: * St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh (Church of Ireland), the Anglican cathedral (and the Catholic cathedral prior to the Protestant Reformation) * St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh (Roma ...."Funary Monuments & Memorials in St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh" Curl, J.S. p103: Whitstable; Historical Publications; 2013 Arms References Ir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deans Of Emly
Deans may refer to: People * Austen Deans (1915–2011), New Zealand painter and war artist * Colin Deans (born 1955), Scottish rugby union player * Craig Deans (born 1974), Australian football (soccer) player * Diane Deans (born 1958), Canadian politician * Dixie Deans (born 1946), Scottish football player (Celtic) * Ian Deans (1937–2016), Canadian politician * Kathryn Deans, Australian author * Mickey Deans (1934–2003), fifth and last husband of Judy Garland * Ray Deans (born 1966), Scottish football player * Robbie Deans (born 1959), New Zealand rugby coach and former player * Steven Deans (born 1982), ice hockey player * Tommy Deans (1922–2000), Scottish football (soccer) player * More than one Dean Places * Deans, New Jersey * Deans, West Lothian Deans is a small community within the town of Livingston, West Lothian, Livingston in West Lothian, Scotland. Deans is situated in the northern part of Livingston, The western area of Deans was formerly known as Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
