Robert Plunket (b.

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 ...

11 May 1802 - d.

Monkstown, Dublin Monkstown (), historically known as ''Carrickbrennan'' (), is a suburb on the southside of Dublin, Ireland, located in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown. It is on the coast, between Blackrock and Dún Laoghaire while also bordering Sallynoggin and Dea ...

13 May 1867) was a

Church of Ireland The Church of Ireland (, ; , ) is a Christian church in Ireland, and an autonomy, autonomous province of the Anglican Communion. It is organised on an all-Ireland basis and is the Christianity in Ireland, second-largest Christian church on the ...

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in Ireland during the 19th-century. Burke 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 Unive ...

. He was

Archdeacon of Killala The Archdeacon of Killala was a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Killala until 1622; Killala and Achonry from 1622 until 1834; and of Tuam, Killala and Achonry from 1834, although it has now been combined to include the area f ...

from 1847 to 1850; and

Dean of Tuam The Dean of Tuam ( ) is a post held in the Diocese of Tuam, as head of the cathedral chapter from after the creation of the diocese at the Synod of Rathbreasail in 1111. Background A dean is often the chief resident cleric of a cathedral or othe ...

from then until his death.Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries.

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(Belfast, Ireland), Wednesday, May 15, 1867; Issue 33834

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Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Deans of Tuam 19th-century Irish Anglican priests Christian clergy from Dublin (city) 1802 births 1867 deaths Archdeacons of Killala {{Ireland-Anglican-dean-stub