Michael Tisdall (1730–1788) was
Archdeacon of Ross
The Archdeacon of Ross was the only archdeacon in the medieval Diocese of Ross, acting as a deputy of the Bishop of Ross. The following is a list of archdeacons:
List of archdeacons of Ross
* Robert, x 1223-1249 x 1250
* Robert de Fyvie, x 1269 ...
from 1781 to 1788.
Tisdall was the son of the Reverend George Tisdall and Frances Canning. His mother was of the same family as
Baron Garvagh
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and the statesman
George Canning
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, and his father, through his grandmother Frances Fitzgerald, was a distant cousin of the
Earl of Kildare. He was born in
Dublin
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and educated at
Trinity College there. He was
ordained
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on 15 November 1753 and began his ecclesiastical career with a
curacy at his father's church, St Mary,
Shandon. After another curacy at
Ballymoney he held
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at
Kinneagh,
Kilmaloda,
Tullagh,
Creagh
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. He was
Vicar choral of
Cork Cathedral from 1778 to 1781; and
Prebendary of
Dromdaleague in 1781.
He married Elizabeth Farran, daughter of Thomas Farran. His son Fitzgerald Tisdall was
Rector of
Kilmoe. Fitzgerald was
murdered
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by robbers in 1809 on the road between
Bantry
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and
Kenmare. One of the killers, Michael Murphy, was hanged for the crime.
["A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland" Carlisle, N. p70: London; William Miller; 1810]
References
Archdeacons of Ross, Ireland
1730 births
1788 deaths
18th-century Irish Anglican priests
Christian clergy from Dublin (city)
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