[1] In December 1839, he entered the Venerable English College, Rome, and was ordained a priest there on 19 March 1842.

[2] Following the resignation of Bishop John Gray on 4 March 1869,[4] Archbishop Eyre was appointed the Apostolic Administrator of the Western District of Scotland on 16 April 1869.

[1] He travelled to Glasgow in March 1869, charged with organising the re-establishment of Roman Catholic hierarchy in Scotland.

Archbishop Eyre was successful to a large extent in integrating the new establishment into Scottish society.

He was one of the early patrons of Celtic FC, founded in 1888 with a name designed to inspire unity between Scottish and Irish Catholics in the Glasgow area.

In 1893 Eyre invited Mary Lescher and the Sisters of Notre Dame to come from Liverpool to establish a community in Glasgow.