[2] Samuel was educated in the town, and afterwards in Clonmel from the Rev Robert Bell; he entered Trinity College, Dublin in 1835, and graduated B.A.
During his incumbency he effected great improvements in the parish, including the restoration of the dilapidated St Luke's Church.
[1] Hayman contributed articles, in prose and verse, to The Dublin University Magazine, The Christian Examiner, The Church of England Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine, The Journal of the Royal Historical and Archæological Association of Ireland, The Topographer and Genealogist, and The Patrician; the fifth volume of The Patrician was inscribed by its editor, Sir Bernard Burke, "to the Rev Samuel Hayman, one of the ablest contributors, and a constant coadjutor in the author's genealogical works".
[1] Besides several separate sermons and lectures, Hayman was author of the following:[1] He also edited Unpublished Geraldine Documents (which he contributed to The Journal of the Royal Historical and Archæological Association of Ireland), four parts, 1870–81.
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