GEMMS Person ID
GEMMS-PERSON-
2137
(old series: GEMMS-PERSON-2314)
Name
Michael Boyle
Title
Archbishop
Gender
Male
Denomination
Church of Ireland
Lived
b. ca. 1609-03-25 d. 1702-12-10 (old)
Linked Sermons
Sermon on Isaiah 59:6
(autograph: No )
- auditor
Associated Places
Source of Data
Jeanne Shami; Adam Richter
Biographical Sources Consulted
ODNB (ID: 3131); AO (Foster)
Other note
Born sometime in 1609/10. B.A. (1637) from Trinity College Dublin. Incorporated M.A. at Trinity College, Oxford in 1637. Minister at Clonpriest, County Cork shortly thereafter. Dean of Cloyne in 1640. Chaplain and eventually chaplain-general in the army during the Confederate Wars, based in Munster. Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, 1660-1663. Archbishop of Dublin, 1663-1679. Lord Chancellor of Ireland, 1665-1686. One of three men jointly appointed lord justice of Ireland on three separate occasions, another being Arthur Forbes. Archbishop of Armagh from 1679 until his death in 1702.
GEMMS record created
February 18, 2019
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024