GREGG

Right Rev. John ( 6 son of Richard Gregg of Cappa near Ennis, co. Clare ). b. Cappa 4 Aug. 1798; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin, scholar 1822, B.A. 1825, M.A., B.D. and D.D. 1860; C. of French church, Port arlington 1826–8; V. of Kilsallaghan, Dublin 1828–36; chaplain of Bethesda chapel, Dublin 1836–9; minister of Trinity ch. Dublin 1839–62; archdeacon of Kildare 1857–62; bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ro 13 Feb. 1862 to death; new cathedral of St. Finbarre, Cork built cost £100,000, 1870; one of the most earnest evangelical leaders of Irish ch.; author of A mi ionary visit to Achill and Erris 1850; The life of faith, sermons and lectures 2 series 1883–5 and 30 other addre es, charges, sermons and children’s books. d. the Palace, Cork 26 May 1878. bur. Mount Jerome cemetery, Dublin. Memorials of life of J. Gregg, D.D. (1879), portrait ; I.L.N. lxxii , 519, 533 (1878), portrait .