John Finlay (27 June 1842 – 12 June 1921) was Dean of Leighlin from 1895 until "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900 1912.
Finlay was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1867. He began his ecclesiastical career as a curate in Clonenagh. He was the incumbent at Lorum from 1873 to 1890 when he moved to Carlow.‘FINLAY, Very Rev. John’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 31 Oct 2013 Upon his retirement he moved to Brackley House near Bawnboy, Co. Cavan.O'Halpin, Eunan & Ó Corráin, Daithí (2020), The Dead of the Irish Revolution. Yale University Press, pg. 473-474
He was murdered by the IRAHistory Ireland web-site on 12 June 1921Rootsweb for apparently objecting to his home being burned, to deny it being used to shelter security forces.Rootsweb Eleven members of the IRAs Cavan Brigade were arrested in connection with Finlays murder.O'Halpin, pg. 473
There is a memorial to him at St Peter, Templeport.
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