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Nicholas Synge
Nicholas
Synge
was an
18th-century
Irish
Anglican priest
.
Synge was
educated
at
Trinity College, Dublin
. He was
Rector
of
Headford
and
Prebendary
of
Kilbeg
from
1720
until
1731
and
Archdeacon of Tuam
from 1731 until
1743
. He was
appointed
Prebendary of
Malahide
in
St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin
in 1737 and resigned in 1743 to become
Archdeacon of Dublin
. In 1745 he became
Bishop of Killaloe
and from
1752
Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora
.
He
died
on
19 January
1771:his
brother
was also a
bishop
.