Giles Eyre (1689–1749) was an Anglican priest in Ireland in the eighteenth century.
His father John Eyre of Eyrecourt Castle (died 1741) was a grandson of John Eyre, the Cromwellian settler in Galway. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin."Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p270: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935 He was Archdeacon of Ross from 1716 to 1749;"Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1" Cotton, H. p362 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878 Chancellor of Cork from 1717 to 1730;"Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1" Cotton, H. p247 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878 Dean of Killaloe from 1728 until his death;"Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1" Cotton, H. p479 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878 Prebendary of Clonfert from 1730 to 1750;"Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 4" Cotton, H. p193 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878 and Treasurer of Kilmacduagh from 1737 until his death."Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 4" Cotton, H. p207 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878
His son John Eyre, 1st Baron Eyre, was an Irish politician.thepeerage.com John Eyre, 1st and last Baron Eyre
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