Maurice William Day (23 April 1858 – 29 August 1916) was an Irish Anglican priest in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.[1]
He was the son of a clergyman (His father was Bishop of Cashel, Emly, Waterford and Lismore from 1872[2] until 1899); and was educated at Repton School and Trinity College, Dublin. Ordained in 1882,[3] after curacies at Queenstown and Waterford he held incumbencies at Newport, County Tipperary and then Kilbrogan, County Cork.[4] In 1887 he married Katherine Louisa Frances Garfitt: they had one daughter and four sons, two of which were killed in the First World War,[5] Lieut Maurice Charles Day(1891-1914) in East Africa and Capt. John Edward Day (1894 - 1917) in Flanders. 1900 he became Chaplain to the Bishop of Cashel and Waterford. From 1908[6] to 1913 he was Dean of Cashel;[7] and, from 1913 to 1916, Dean of Waterford. On 29 August 1916 he died, aged 58, in Courtmacsherry, County Cork.