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The right to elect the Dean of St. Patrick's is vested exclusively in the chapter of the cathedral (though before 1870 there could be an exception where a vacancy occurred due to the promotion of the dean to the office of a bishop) and has been defended against monarchs and even the
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From 1547 to 1555, St. Patrick's was suppressed as a
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For centuries, the Dean of St. Patrick's was the only dean in Dublin and documents of those years often refer to him as the "Dean of Dublin" – but from around 1539 there was also the office of "
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864:Robert Daly
800:, Treasurer
766:John Sterne
741:, and then
645:Canonsleigh
552:; died 1605
538:Adam Loftus
480:, Treasurer
388:Boniface IX
350:Henry Bowet
335:John Colton
1379:Categories
1018:References
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612:John Ryder
567:1570–1573)
415:of Yagoe;
413:Prebendary
384:John Prene
249:Prebendary
245:Franciscan
193:Queen Anne
77:newspapers
1354:Kilfenora
1298:Waterford
887:John West
733:, became
432:Precentor
1364:Limerick
1349:Killaloe
1329:Clonfert
1307:Previous
1278:Leighlin
1268:Kilkenny
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255:; later
178:Election
135:Bust of
1324:Ardfert
1314:Achonry
1288:Lismore
1263:Kildare
1200:Kilmore
1195:Killala
1185:Dromore
1165:Clogher
1160:Belfast
1008:Sources
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641:Molland
540:, also
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1319:Ardagh
1238:Cloyne
1228:Cashel
1205:Raphoe
1170:Connor
1155:Armagh
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946:, 1935
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