Gilbert Mayes was Dean of Lismore from 1961 until 1987. He was born in 1915, 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 ...

and ordained in 1945. After a curacy in

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he held incumbencies at Donaghmore and Dundalk. He was the first secretary of

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1915 births Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Deans of Lismore 2005 deaths Place of birth missing 20th-century Irish Anglican priests {{Ireland-Anglican-clergy-stub