George Swain (priest)

George Lill Swain was Dean of Limerick[1] from 1929 to 1953.[2]

He was born in 1870 and educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He was ordained in 1894 and after curacies at Drummaul and Limerick worked overseas in Valencia[3] before incumbencies at Kilkeedy, Dysert and St Michael, Limerick.[4]

He died on 26 April 1955.[5]

  1. ^ Genealogical web site
  2. ^ ‘SWAIN, Very Rev. George Lill’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012; online edn, Nov 2012 accessed 2 Jan 2013
  3. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory London, OUP, 1948
  4. ^ Buildings of Ireland
  5. ^ Who was Who on-line (ibid)