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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 ]
Eyrecourt Castle (or Eyre Court) was an Irish 17th century country house in Galway which became a ruin in the 20th century. The house, the surrounding estate, and the nearby small town of Eyrecourt all took their name from Colonel the Right Hon. John Eyre, an Englishman who was granted a large parcel of land in recognition of his part in the military campaign in Galway during the Cromwellian ...
The Eyres after whom the village is named, as well as other places such as Eyre Square in Galway City, were an English family who came over with Cromwell. [3] Their former residence, Eyrecourt Castle (now a ruin), [4] provides the large metal gateway at the eastern end of main street and the 100-acre (0.40 km 2) castle lawn beyond.
1862: Burton Robert Parsons Persse of Moyode Castle [48] [6] 1863: Richard D'Arcy of New Forest [6] 1865: Hon. Luke Dillon [49] 1866: John Archer Daly (né Blake) of Raford [50] 1867: George Staunton Lynch-Stanton of Clydagh [6] 1868: Walter Taylor Newton Shawe-Taylor of Castle Taylor [6] 1869: Marcus Nicholas Lynch of Barna. [6] / Thomas ...
Eyre was born in Wiltshire, England, in the early 17th century, the son of Giles Eyre and Jane Snelgrove. The couple had ten sons and five daughters, John been the seventh son. They attended All Saints Church, Whiteparish, where Giles and Jane are buried. Their funerary memorial, located within the church, reads:
Signpost to Eyrecourt: Portrait of the Eyre Family, Ida Gantz, 1975. ISBN 978-0-901571-70-0; The Martin – Eyre Feud, Adrian James Martyn, Galway Advertiser, 27 July–3 August 2000; Remembering Eyrecourt: Vignettes and Tales of Earlier Days, ed. John Joseph O'Meara, Michael Clarke, and Edin Brennan, 2003. ISBN 978-0-9546608-0-2
Eyre was the son of the Very Reverend Giles Eyre, Dean of Killaloe, by Mary Cox, granddaughter of Sir Richard Cox, 1st Baronet, Lord Chancellor of Ireland.He was the grandson of John Eyre, Member of Parliament for County Galway, and the great-grandson of John Eyre, Mayor of Galway.
Richard Le Poer Trench, 2nd Earl of Clancarty, 1st Marquess of Heusden GCB GCH PC (19 May 1767 – 24 November 1837), styled The Honourable from 1797 to 1803 and then Viscount Dunlo to 1805, was an Anglo-Irish peer, a nobleman in the Dutch nobility, and a diplomat.
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