James Gregg (priest) explained

James Fitzgerald Gregg was Dean of Limerick from 1899 to 1905.

Biography

He was born into an ecclesiastical family^[1] in 1820 and educated at Trinity College, Dublin.^[2] He was ordained in 1844 and after curacies at Yoxford, Kiltullagh and Collon held incumbencies in Balbriggan and Limerick^[3] before^[4] until his elevation to the Deanery.^[5]

He died on 31 October 1905.^[6]

Notes and References

1. [John Gregg (bishop of Cork)|His uncle]
2. ‘GREGG, Very Rev. James Fitzgerald’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 2 Jan 2013
3. Web site: Supplemental Scheme for Management of Diocesan Schools and Banagher Royal Schools Endowment . Dippam . 8 . 9 August 2020 .
4. https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1895/may/20/education-endowments-ireland-limerick Hansard
5. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
6. News: The Dean Of Limerick . . London, England . 27 September 1913 . 9 . 40328 . (Obituaries)