Robert Naylor (died 1661) was a Seventeenth Century

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. A cousin of

Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork (13 October 1566 – 15 September 1643), also known as the Great Earl of Cork, was an English politician who served as Lord Treasurer of the Kingdom of Ireland. Lord Cork was an important figure in the continuing ...

, he was

ordained Ordination is the process by which individuals are consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the denominational hierarchy composed of other clergy) to perform va ...

in 1625 and was Prebendary of Brigown in

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until he became Dean of Lismore in 1630. In 1640 he became

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 ...

,"Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1" Cotton, H. p396: Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878 a post he held until his death in 1661.

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