Maurice John Talbot was

Dean of Limerick The Dean of Limerick and Ardfert is based in the Cathedral Church of St Mary's in Limerick in the united diocese of Limerick, Killaloe and Ardfert within the Church of Ireland. St Brendan's Cathedral, Ardfert was destroyed by fire in 1641. The ...

from 1954 to 1971. He was born on 29 March 1912 into an ecclesiastical family, the second son of the Very Rev. Joseph Talbot, Dean of Cashel, and was educated at St Columba's College and Trinity College, Dublin. He was ordained in 1936 and after a

curacy A curate () is a person who is invested with the ''care'' or ''cure'' (''cura'') ''of souls'' of a parish. In this sense, "curate" means a parish priest; but in English-speaking countries the term ''curate'' is commonly used to describe clergy w ...

in Nantenan he held incumbencies at

Rathkeale Rathkeale () is a town in west County Limerick, in Ireland. It is 30 km (18 mi) southwest of Limerick city on the N21 road to Tralee, County Kerry, and lies on the River Deel. Rathkeale has a significant Irish Traveller population, and ...

and then

Killarney Killarney ( ; ga, Cill Airne , meaning 'church of sloes') is a town in County Kerry, southwestern Ireland. The town is on the northeastern shore of Lough Leane, part of Killarney National Park, and is home to St Mary's Cathedral, Ross Cast ...

before his elevation to the Deanery. He died 17 June 1999.Independent obituary
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1912 births 1999 deaths People educated at St Columba's College, Dublin Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Deans of Limerick 20th-century Irish Anglican priests {{Ireland-Anglican-clergy-stub