Arthur Smyth

Arthur Smyth (19 February 1706 – 14 December 1771) was Archbishop of Dublin from 1766 until his death in 1771.

[1] Smyth was the son of Thomas Smyth, Bishop of Limerick, and Dorothea Burgh (daughter of Ulysses Burgh, Bishop of Ardagh).

He was then raised to the episcopate as Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh (1752), Down and Connor (1753) and Meath (1765), prior to his nomination as Archbishop of Dublin.

He was not widely seen as a very spiritual man: critics said that his main interest was the advancement of the careers of his numerous relatives.

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Monument dedicated to Arthur Smyth in the south transept of St. Patrick's Cathedral