Henry Gervais (19 March 1712 – 6 March 1790) was an

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during the 18th century. He was born in Lismore 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 ...

. He was

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of Tullaghorton in

Lismore Cathedral St. Moluag's Cathedral is located on the Scottish island of Lismore just off the coast of Oban. As a congregation of the Church of Scotland, which is Presbyterian, the present-day parish church of 1749 stands on the site of the choir of the ab ...

from 1754 until his death;

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of Cashel Cathedral from 1768 to 1772; and

Archdeacon of Cashel The Archdeacon of Cashel was a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Diocese of Cashel which later became a post shared with Emly Emly or Emlybeg () is a village in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is a civil parish in the historical barony of ...

from 1772 until his death."Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Vol 1" Cotton, H. p55 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878

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Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Archdeacons of Cashel 18th-century Irish Anglican priests People from Lismore, County Waterford 1712 births 1790 deaths {{Ireland-Anglican-clergy-stub