GEMMS IDGEMMS-PERSON-002314
NameMichael Boyle
TitleArchbishop
Gendermale
DenominationChurch of Ireland
Livedb. ca. 1609-03-25 - d. 1702-12-10 (old)
Linked Manuscripts
Linked SermonsSermon on Isaiah 59:6 -- auditor (autograph: no)
Linked Reports
Associated PlacesCork, Cloyne and Ross -- BishopricCounty Armagh -- BishopricDublin -- BishopricCloyne -- DeaneryClonpriest -- ParishTrinity College -- Place of StudyTrinity College -- Place of StudyMunster -- Post
Source of DataJeanne Shami; Adam Richter
Biographical Sources ConsultedODNB (ID: 3131); AO (Foster)
Other NoteBorn 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 createdFebruary 18, 2019
GEMMS record last editedFebruary 18, 2019