Francis Burke (Dean of Elphin) (b Pellick Farm 1834 - d The Abbey, Boyle, Roscommon 19 February 1904) was a priest of the Church of Ireland. Burke was born in

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and educated at

Trinity College, Dublin , name_Latin = Collegium Sanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae Elizabethae juxta Dublin , motto = ''Perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam'' (Latin) , motto_lang = la , motto_English = It will last i ...

. After

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at Killaraght and Kilfree he was the

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of Ardcane from 1874 to 1898. He was

Dean of Elphin The Dean of Elphin and Ardagh is based in St John the Baptist Cathedral, Sligo in the Diocese of Elphin and Ardagh within the united bishopric of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh of the Church of Ireland. The dioceses of Elphin and Ardagh were merged i ...

from 1898 Crockford's Clerical Directory 1898 p198: London;

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; 1898 to 1904. Based on two lectures, he published Loch Ce and its Annals in 1895. http://www.askaboutireland.ie/reading-room/digital-book-collection/digital-books-by-county/roscommon/burke-loch-ce-and-its-ann/

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