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Joseph Robbins (priest)

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Joseph Frederick Robbins[1] was a 19th-century Anglican priest in Ireland.[2] He was the son of Captain Joseph Robbins of Suir Castle, Co. Tipperary.[3] He married Mary Caroline Lyons, daughter of Tension Lyons and Eleanor Frazier, on 6 January 1840.[4] He died on 21 July 1886.[5]

Robbins was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1833.[6] He served curacies at Terryglass, Nenagh and Monsea. He was Vicar of Kilrush from 1847 to 1862; Rector of Castletownarra from 1862; and Dean of Killaloe from 1880 to 1886.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ Tipperary Studies
  2. ^ The Irish Ecclesiastical Journal, Volume 4 (August 1847) p204.
  3. ^ National Archives of Ireland Reference: CSO/RP/OR/1830/625
  4. ^ Historical notice etc., of the family of Lyons and its Connexions (1853), p.19.
  5. ^ Calendars of Wills and Administrations 1858-1920, p.559.
  6. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1908 p 255: London, Horace Cox, 1908.