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Robert Naylor (priest)

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Robert Naylor (died 1661) was a Seventeenth Century priest in Ireland.[1]

A cousin of Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork,[2] he was ordained in 1625 and was Prebendary of Brigown in Cloyne Cathedral[3] until he became Dean of Lismore in 1630.[4] In 1640 he became Dean of Limerick,[5] a post he held until his death in 1661.[citation needed]

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  1. ^ "A New History of Ireland" Moody, T.W; Martin, F.X; Byrne, F.J;Cosgrove, A: Oxford, OUP, 1976 ISBN 0-19-821745-5
  2. ^ "Cromwellian Ireland: English Government and Reform in Ireland 1649-1660" Barnard, T.C. p151: Oxford, Clarendon, 1975 ISBN 019820857X
  3. ^ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1" Cotton, H. p325: Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
  4. ^ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1" Cotton, H. p168: Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
  5. ^ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1" Cotton, H. p396: Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878