Robert Henry Thompson was
Dean of Ardfert
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 1959 until 1966.
Thompson was educated at
Trinity College, Dublin
, name_Latin = Collegium Sanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae Elizabethae juxta Dublin
, motto = ''Perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam'' (Latin)
, motto_lang = la
, motto_English = It will last i ...
['' Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929-30'' London: Oxford University Press, 1976 p1160] and
ordained
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in 1915. He began his ecclesiastical career with
curacies
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at
Lorrha
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,
Shoreditch
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In the 16th century, Shoreditch was an impor ...
and
Templederry. He was
the incumbent of
Kilcolman, County Cork
Kilcolman () is a townland in the civil parish of Desertserges, County Cork, Ireland
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from 1932.
References
Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
Deans of Ardfert
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