Giles Eyre (priest)
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Giles Eyre (1689–1749) was an Anglican priest in Ireland in the eighteenth century.[1]
His father John Eyre of Eyrecourt Castle (died 1741) was a grandson of John Eyre, the Cromwellian settler in Galway.[1] He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin.[2] He was Archdeacon of Ross from 1716 to 1749;[3] Chancellor of Cork from 1717 to 1730;[4] Dean of Killaloe from 1728 until his death;[5] Prebendary of Clonfert from 1730 to 1750;[6] and Treasurer of Kilmacduagh from 1737 until his death.[7]
His son John Eyre, 1st Baron Eyre, was an Irish politician.[8]
