Maurice William Day (23 April 1858 – 29 August 1916) was an Irish

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priest in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was the son of a clergyman (

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from 1872 until 1899); and was educated at Repton School and

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. Ordained in 1882, after curacies at Queenstown and Waterford he held incumbencies at

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and then Kilbrogan, County Cork. In 1887 he married Katherine Louisa Frances Garfitt: they had one daughter and four sons, two of which were killed in the First World War, Lieut Maurice Charles Day(1891-1914) in East Africa and Capt. John Edward Day (1894 - 1917) in Flanders. 1900 he became

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to the Bishop of Cashel and Waterford. From 1908 to 1913 he was

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/ref> and, from 1913 to 1916, Dean of Waterford. On August 29, 1916 he died aged 58,in Courtmacsherry, County Cork.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Day, Maurice William 1858 births People educated at Repton School Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Irish Anglicans Deans of Cashel Deans of Waterford 1916 deaths