Crinus Irwin (1771 - 1859) was an Anglican priest[1] in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries,[2] most notably Archdeacon of Ossory[3] from 1822 until his death on 17 December 1859.
[4] He was born in Tanrego, County Sligo, the second son of Lewis-Francis Irwin and his wife Elizabeth Harrison of Lincoln.
[5] The first name Crinus is said to be unique to the Irwin family, who came to Ireland with Oliver Cromwell and later settled in Sligo.
[7] He was ordained in 1794, and in 1797 was appointed Vicar choral of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin.
They had six children, including John, Lewis, (a Captain in the Royal Scots Fusiliers), Amy, Elizabeth and Lucy, who are buried in Mount Jerome Cemetery, Dublin.