[2] The Verschoyles were of Dutch Huguenot origin who fled to Ireland in 1568 to escape religious persecution and quickly became prominent in Dublin.
His first post was that of Curate at Newtownforbes after which he was the incumbent at the Episcopal Chapel, Upper Baggot Street[4] in Dublin.
Promoted to be the Chancellor of Dublin Cathedral in 1855, he also served on its Diocesan Education Board[5] and was briefly Dean of Ferns[6] before his appointment to the episcopate as the third Bishop of Kilmore.
[7] His grave is at the Parish Church in Paignton, Devon, England where he is noted as dying in Torquay, on 28 Jan 1870, as the 42nd Bishop of Kilmore.
Archdeacon Goold had been disinherited by his father, Master of the Court of Chancery Thomas Goold, for marrying Catherine Newcomen (whose illegitimate sister was Theresa, Countess of Eglinton and Winton), but inherited the family estate following the death of his brother.