Michael Kearney (priest)

(1734, Dublin – 1814, Dublin) was an Irish priest and academic.

[1] A graduate of Trinity College Dublin,[2] he was the Erasmus Smith's Professor of Modern History there from 1769 to 1776 and Regius Professor of Law from 1776 to 1778.

He was the incumbent at Tullyaughnish from 1778; and then Archdeacon of Raphoe from his collation on 28 February 1798[3] until his death on 11 January 1814.

His younger brother was a Fellow of the Royal Society;[4] Provost of Trinity College Dublin from 1799 to 1806;[5] and Bishop of Ossory[6] from 1806 to 1813.

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