Thomas Smyth (1650–1725) was a
Church of Ireland
The Church of Ireland ( ga, Eaglais na hÉireann, ; sco, label=Ulster-Scots, Kirk o Airlann, ) is a Christian church in Ireland and an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion. It is organised on an all-Ireland basis and is the second l ...
clergyman who served as
Bishop of Limerick
The Bishop of Limerick is an episcopal title which takes its name after the city of Limerick in the Province of Munster, Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church it still continues as a separate title, but in the Church of Ireland it has been ...
from 1695 to 1725.
Life
Smyth was born at
Dundrum to William Smyth and Mary Dewdall. He was educated at
Trinity College, Dublin
, name_Latin = Collegium Sanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae Elizabethae juxta Dublin
, motto = ''Perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam'' (Latin)
, motto_lang = la
, motto_English = It will last i ...
and became vice-chancellor of the College in 1714.
A former
Dean of Emly
The Dean of Emly was based at The Cathedral Church of St Alibeus, Emly in the former Diocese of Emly within the Church of Ireland. St Alibeus' cathedral was demolished in 1877.
List of deans of Emly
*1245–1251 Gilbert O'Doherty (Gilbertus)(aft ...
,
["Fasti ecclesiæ hibernicæ: the succession of the prelates in Ireland" Cotton,H Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1860] Smyth was nominated
Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe
The Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe was the Ordinary of the Church of Ireland diocese of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe, which was in the Province of Cashel until 1833, then afterwards in the Province of Dublin.
History
The title was ...
on 15 November 1695 and consecrated on 8 December 1695. He died on 4 May 1725.
Family
Smyth married Dorothea, daughter of
Ulysses Burgh
Ulysses Burgh (; ; 1632–1692) was an Irish Anglican cleric who was Dean of Emly (1685–1692) and Bishop of Ardagh (1692).“A New History of Ireland” Moody,T.W; Martin,F.X; Byrne,F.J;Cosgrove,A: Oxford, OUP, 1976
Life
Burgh was born a ...
,
Bishop of Ardagh
The Bishop of Ardagh was a separate episcopal title which took its name after the village of Ardagh, County Longford in the Republic of Ireland. It was used by the Roman Catholic Church until 1756, and intermittently by the Church of Ireland u ...
and Mary Kingsmill, and had 10 sons and 3 daughters, including:
*
Charles Smyth (1693-1784),
MP for
Limerick
Limerick ( ; ga, Luimneach ) is a western city in Ireland situated within County Limerick. It is in the province of Munster and is located in the Mid-West which comprises part of the Southern Region. With a population of 94,192 at the 2016 ...
*
George Smyth (1705-1772), lawyer and judge
*
Arthur Smyth
Arthur Smyth (19 February 1706 – 14 December 1771) was Archbishop of Dublin from 1766 until his death in 1771.Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). ''Handbook of British Chronology'' (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge Unive ...
(1706-1771),
Archbishop of Dublin
References
1650 births
1725 deaths
18th-century Anglican bishops in Ireland
Deans of Emly
Bishops of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe
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