John Godfrey Day (b Kiltallagh 1802- d Dublin 1879) was a priest in the Church of Ireland"A New History of Ireland" Moody, T.W; Martin, F.X; Byrne, F.J;Cosgrove, A: Oxford, OUP, 1976 during the nineteenth century."Handbook of British Chronology" By Fryde, E. B;. Greenway, D.E;Porter, S; Roy, I: Cambridge, CUP, 1996 , 9780521563505
Day was born in County Kerry and educated at Trinity College, Dublin.Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593-1860), Burtchaell, G.D/Sadlier, T.U p218: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935 Rector Valentia 183047, he was Rector of Kenmare from 1847 to 1857, and of Dromtariffe from 1857 to 1861; and of Ratass from 1861 when he became Dean of Ardfert."The Church of Ireland in County Kerry" Murphy, J.A. p243: Cork, Lulu, 2016 He died in post on 10 April 1879.Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries. The Belfast News-Letter (Belfast, Ireland), April 15, 1879; Issue 19846. (642 words). British Library Newspapers, Part I: 1800-1900
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