Edward Clerke was an

Anglican 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 ...

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in the first half of the 17th century. Clerke was 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 ...

. He was ordained priest on 24 June 1601. He was

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of Killanully then

Dean of Cloyne The Dean of Cloyne is based at the Cathedral Church of St Coleman in Cloyne in the Diocese of Cloyne within the united bishopric of Cork, Cloyne and Ross. The incumbent is Rev. Susan Green. List of deans of Cloyne (Church of Ireland) *1591 Jo ...

from 1615 to 1640."Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1" Cotton, H. p310

Dublin Dublin is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Situated on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, and is bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, pa ...

, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878

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