Richard Hood (4 July 1769 – 20 November 1836) was an Anglican priest in Ireland during the first decades of the 19th century.

Hood was born in Queen's County (now Laois) and educated at Trinity College, Dublin."Alumni Dublinenses Supplement p409: 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 He was Rector of Gort then Dean of Kilmacduagh from 1823 until his death."Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 4" Cotton, H. p204: Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878

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