William Maunsell (Archdeacon of Limerick)

William Wray Maunsell (1782–1860) was an Anglican priest in Ireland in the 19th century.[1]

He was born in Limerick and educated at Trinity College Dublin.[2] He was Rector of Drishane from 1803 to 1814; and Archdeacon of Limerick from 1814[3] until his death.[4]

An illustration of the Irish Elk skeleton unearthed by Maunsell from a Rathcannon peat bog in 1824

References

1. NUI Galway
2. "Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860 George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p566: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
3. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1" Cotton, H. p408 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878
4. 'Sheffield Independent' Saturday, 4 Aug. 1860 Volume 41, Issue 2128p. 8