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Maurice FitzGerald Day (20 May 1816 – 13 December 1904) was a

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bishop in the last quarter of the 19th century. Day was born at Kiltallagh, County Kerry, to J. Day, rector of Kiltallagh, and his wife Arabella, daughter of Sir William Godfrey. He was educated at Clonmel Endowed School and

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and

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in 1840. He established and was the

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of St. Matthais' Church, Hatch Street,

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from 1843 to 1868 when he became

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. He was Bishop of Cashel, Emly, Waterford and Lismore from 1872 until his retirement in 1899."The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900 He died on 13 December 1904, in Greystones, County Wicklow. He married Jane (Gabbett) Day on July 29, 1852, in Bray, County Wicklow, and they had one son the Rev.

Maurice William Day Maurice William Day (23 April 1858 – 29 August 1916) was an Irish Anglican priest in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was the son of a clergyman ( His father was Bishop of Cashel, Emly, Waterford and Lismore from 1872 until 1899); an ...

(1858 - 1916).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Day, Maurice Fitzgerald 1816 births 1904 deaths People from Clonmel People educated at Clonmel Endowed School Alumni of Trinity College Dublin 19th-century Anglican bishops in Ireland Deans of Limerick Bishops of Cashel and Waterford