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Stephen Creagh Sandes (1778-1842) was a 
Church of Ireland
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bishop
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in the 19th century.
A Fellow
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of Trinity College, Dublin
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, he was ordained
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in 1807. He was consecrated Bishop of Killaloe, Kilfenora, Clonfert and Kilmacduagh on 12 June 1836 and translated
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to Cashel, Emly, Waterford and Lismore in February 1839.
He died on 13 November 1842.DUBLIN: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1842 .Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser (Dublin, Ireland), Wednesday, November 16, 1842
He was the son of William Sandes and Margaret Creagh. He was born at Sallow Glen, near Tarbert, County Kerry
Tarbert () is a village in the north of County Kerry, with woodland to the south and the Shannon estuary to the north. It lies on the N69 coast road that runs along the estuary from Limerick before turning inland at Tarbert towards Listowel. A ...
, where the Sandes family had been settled for several generations. He married Mary Anne Dickson, daughter of Samuel Dickson of County Limerick
County Limerick () is a western Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and is located in the Mid-West Region, Ireland, Mid-West which comprises part of the Southern Reg ...
, and they had four children.
Among his students at Trinity College was the eminent barrister
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and author Gerald Fitzgibbon
Gerald Fitzgibbon (8 October 1866 – 6 December 1942) was an Irish judge who served as a Judge of the Supreme Court from 1924 to 1938. He also served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin University constituency from 1921 to 1923.
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, who remembered with gratitude that it was Sandes who advised him, despite his lack of money or influential connections (Fitzgibbon was a small farmer's son), to persist in a career in the law.
A much younger cousin, who was also named Stephen Creagh Sandes, was the father of Elise Sandes
Elise Sandes (1851 – August 1934) was the founder of a welfare movement for soldiers that bears her name and still survives today. She was an evangelical Christian and philanthropist and her concern for a young soldier in Tralee in the late 18 ...
, founder of a welfare movement for soldiers which survives today.
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