John Godfrey Day (b Kiltallagh 1802- d

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1879) was a

priest A priest is a religious leader authorized to perform the sacred rituals of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and one or more deity, deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in parti ...

in the

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during the nineteenth century. Day was born in

County Kerry County Kerry () is a Counties of Ireland, county on the southwest coast of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, within the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region. It is bordered by two other countie ...

and educated at

Trinity College, Dublin Trinity College Dublin (), officially titled The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, and legally incorporated as Trinity College, the University of Dublin (TCD), is the sole constituent college of the Univ ...

. Rector Valentia 183047, he was

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Kenmare Kenmare () is a small town in the south of County Kerry, Ireland. The name Kenmare is the anglicised form of ''Ceann Mara'', meaning "head of the sea", referring to the head of Kenmare Bay. It is also a townland and civil parish. Location Ken ...

from 1847 to 1857, and of Dromtariffe from 1857 to 1861; and of Ratass from 1861 when he became

Dean of Ardfert The Dean of Limerick and Ardfert is a Church of Ireland official based in the St Mary's Cathedral, Limerick, Cathedral Church of St Mary's in the united diocese of Diocese of Limerick and Killaloe, Limerick, Killaloe and Ardfert. There had been ...

. He died in post on 10 April 1879.Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries.

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(Belfast, Ireland), April 15, 1879; Issue 19846. (642 words). British Library Newspapers, Part I: 1800-1900

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Deans of Ardfert Alumni of Trinity College Dublin 1802 births 1879 deaths Christian clergy from County Kerry {{Ireland-reli-bio-stub