Robert McNeil Boyd MC

Military Cross

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, (12 February 1890 - 1 July 1958) was the 11th Bishop of Killaloe, Kilfenora, Clonfert and Kilmacduagh

Bishop of Killaloe and Clonfert

The Bishop of Killaloe and Clonfert was the Ordinary of the Church of Ireland diocese of Killaloe and Clonfert; comprising all of County Clare and part of counties of Tipperary, Galway and Roscommon, Ireland.-History:Under the Church Temporalities Act 1833, the Episcopal see was a union of the...

 from 1943 until 1945, when he was translated to Derry and Raphoe

Bishop of Derry and Raphoe

The Bishop of Derry and Raphoe is the Church of Ireland Ordinary of the united Diocese of Derry and Raphoe in the Province of Armagh.The united diocese has two Episcopal sees, one at St Columb's Cathedral, Derry in Northern Ireland, and the other at the Cathedral Church of St. Eunan, Raphoe in the...

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Educated at St Andrew’s College and Trinity College, Dublin

Trinity College, Dublin

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 and ordained in 1912, his first post was a curacy

Curate

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 at Fiddown. From 1915 to 1919 he was a Chaplain

Chaplain

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 to the Forces during which he was awarded the Military Cross

Military Cross

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. He then held incumbencies

Vicar

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 at Ballingarry

Ballingarry

Ballingarry is a village in the barony of Slievardagh, South Tipperary in Ireland. It is also a parish in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly. The village is situated near the Kilkenny border on route R691. Ballingarry is located near Slievenamon.-Amenities:On the Main Street may be...

 and Shinrone

Shinrone

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 after which he was Dean

Dean (religion)

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 of St Flannan’s Cathedral, Killaloe

Killaloe Cathedral

The Cathedral Church of St. Flannan, Killaloe is a cathedral of the Church of Ireland in Killaloe, County Clare in Ireland. It is in the ecclesiastical province of Dublin....

, a post he held until his ordination to the episcopate. His first wife died in 1955, remarrying in 1957.