Justin MacCarthy 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 ...

in Ireland in the second half of the 19th century. MacCarthy was born in

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, educated at

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. and

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in 1851. After curacies in Cullen and

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, he was the

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at Castleventry from 1870. He was Archdeacon of Ross from 1870''

Crockford's Clerical Directory ''Crockford's Clerical Directory'' (''Crockford'') is the authoritative directory of Anglican clergy and churches in Great Britain and Ireland, containing details of English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish benefices and churches, and biographies of aro ...

1898'' p 864 London:

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, 1898

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Christian clergy from County Cork Alumni of Trinity College Dublin 19th-century Irish Anglican priests Archdeacons of Ross, Ireland {{Ireland-Anglican-dean-stub