John Pirrie Conerney was an Anglican priest in Ireland during the late 19th century and the first four decades of the 20th.[1]

Conerney was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He was ordained deacon in 1894 and priest in 1896. He began his career with a curacy at Donagheady.[2] He held incumbencies at Learmount, Templecrone, Burt with Inch, Upper Cumber and Dunfanaghy.[3] He was appointed Private Chaplain to the Bishop of Derry in 1916 and Dean of Raphoe in 1917. He was Dean and Chapalin until his death in County Donegal on 2 November 1940.[4]

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  1. ^ Hansard
  2. ^ "Donnybrook parish magazine" Vol 7 (1896)
  3. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929 p263: Oxford, OUP, 1929
  4. ^ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 Wills, Estates & Guardian Records