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]

Notes

• Christianity portal

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)

Church of Ireland titles
Preceded by Thomas Aylmer Pearson Hackett	Dean of Limerick 1929–1953	Succeeded by Maurice John Talbot