Richard Hayes was Dean of Derry from 1911 until 1921.
[1] He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1882.
[2] Hayes began his ecclesiastical career as a curate at Derry Cathedral.
He was Rector of Drumragh from 1893 to 1904; and of Templemore from 1904 until his elevation to the deanery.
[3] He died on 12 November 1938.