Archdeacon of Clonfert explained

The Archdeacon of Clonfert was a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Clonfert until 1625;^[1] the Diocese of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh until 1834^[2] when it became an office within the Diocese of Killaloe and Clonfert. The Archdeaconry can trace its history from Meiler De Burgo who held office from 1550 to 1587 through to the last discrete incumbent Henry Varian Daly who died in 1925.

Notes and References

1. Book: Fryde . E. B. . Greenway . D. E. . Porter . S. . Roy . I. . Handbook of British Chronology . 3rd, reprinted 2003 . Cambridge University Press . Cambridge . 1986 . 0-521-56350-X .
2. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 4" Cotton, H. pp180-182 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878