Thomas Smyth (1650–1725) was a

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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

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* 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 {{Ireland-Anglican-bishop-stub