George Swain (priest) explained

George Lill Swain was Dean of Limerick^[1] from 1929 to 1953.^[2]

He was born in 1870 and educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He was ordained in 1894 and after curacies at Drummaul and Limerick worked overseas in Valencia^[3] before incumbencies at Kilkeedy, Dysert and St Michael, Limerick.^[4]

He died on 26 April 1955.^[5]

Notes and References

1. http://humphrysfamilytree.com/Gould/wilkinson.html Genealogical web site
2. ‘SWAIN, Very Rev. George Lill’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Nov 2012 accessed 2 Jan 2013
3. [Crockford's Clerical Directory]
4. http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=LI&regno=21517177 Buildings of Ireland
5. [Who's Who|Who was Who]