John Crosbie, alias Sean Mac an Chrosáin, died September 1621, was a bishop of the

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. Crosbie was born a member of the Mac an Chrosáin family of

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, who were a bardic family to the Ui Mhórdha of

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. His baptismal name was Sean, and his mother was an O Cellaigh. His elder brother, Patrick Crosbie, had been active in English service since 1588 and helped transplant the septs of

into County Kerry. Patrick died on 22 March 1611; his son, the statesman Sir

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, died November 1646. Sean Mac an Chrosáin became

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and converted to

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. He changed his name to John Crosbie about 1583. In 1600 Queen

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referred to him as ''a graduate in schools, of English race (sic), skilled in the English tongue and well disposed in religion.'' He held the office of Prebendary of Disert in the diocese of

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. He was appointed the Anglican

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on 15 December 1601. His wife was Winifred Ni Leathlobhair (Lalor); they had issue: *

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, 1st Baronet, died 4 August 1638 * David Crosbie (died 1658), died 1658, ancestor of the

Earl of Glandore Earl of Glandore, in the County of Kerry, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1776 for the Irish politician William Crosbie, 2nd Baron Brandon. He was the son of Sir Maurice Crosbie, who had previously represented County Ker ...

* Sir John Crosbie, died 14 January 1639 * Patrick Crosbie, admitted to Gray's Inn on 7 May 1619 * William Crosbie, alive 1658. * Richard Crosbie, admitted to Lincoln's Inn on 12 January 1622 * Winifred Crosbie, married Mr. MacElligot * Una Crosbie, married Mr. Stephenson * Joan Crosbie, married Mr. McGillycuddy * Katherine Crosbie, married Mr. Gilliesaght * Ellen Crosbie, married Mr. Gilliesaght Many of his descendants lived in

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and

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. They included *

Maurice Crosbie, 1st Baron Brandon Maurice Crosbie, 1st Baron Brandon, ( –1762) was an Irish politician and peer. He was the son of David Crosbie, High Sheriff of Kerry, and his wife Jane Hamilton, daughter of William Hamilton of Lisclooney, County Offaly, and grandson of Si ...

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* "Notes on the family of Patrick Crosbie of Maryborough, by whom the seven septs of Leix were transplanted to Tarbert in the county Kerry in 1608-09", Lord Walter FitzGerald, ''Journal of the

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'', sixth series, vol. 13, no. 2 (31 December 1923, pp. 133–50. {{DEFAULTSORT:Crosbie, John 1621 deaths 16th-century Irish Anglican priests 17th-century Irish Anglican priests Christian clergy from County Laois Bishops of Ardfert and Aghadoe

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Year of birth unknown

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