Jeremiah Marsh was
Dean of Kilmore
The Dean of Kilmore is based at the Cathedral Church of St Fethlimidh in Kilmore in the Diocese of Kilmore within the united bishopric of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh. Prior to the 1841 amalgamation the cathedral was in the bishopric of Kilmore an ...
from 1700 to 1734.
He was the son of
Francis Marsh
Francis Marsh (23 October 1626 – 16 November 1693) was Archbishop of Dublin from 1682 to 1693.
He had previously been Dean of Connor (1660–1661), Dean of Armagh (1661–1667), Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe and Kilmore and Ardagh. ...
,
Archbishop of Dublin from 1682 to 1693, and was educated at
Trinity College, Dublin. He was instituted
Dean
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on
24 December 1700. He also held the
Treasurer
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ship of
St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. Despite the strong recommendation of
William King, Archbishop of Dublin he never became a
bishop
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.
["He is a grave sober discreet man and would make a good bishop" quoted in ''The British Magazine and Monthly Register'' Volume 20 London 1841 p384] He died on 3 June 1734 and was buried at
St. Peter, Dublin.
References
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1667 births
Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
Deans of Kilmore
1734 deaths