Richard Dowse was Dean of Clonmacnoise from 1892 to 1900.
Dowse was born in County Wicklow and educated at Trinity College, Dublin"Alumni Dublinenses p242: 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: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935 and ordained in 1850. After a curacy in Collinstown he held incumbencies at Clonfad and Castletown. He was also Rural Dean of Mullingar before his appointment to the deanery.Crockford's Clerical Directory 1898 p388: London; Herbert Cox; 1898
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