Robert Openshawe (before 1575 – 1627) was a priest in Ireland.[1]

Openshawe was educated at St John's College, Cambridge.[2] He was ordained in 1575 and held the living at Benacre. He was Dean of Clogher from 1606[3] to 1617;[4] and Dean of Connor from then until his death in 1627.[5]

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  1. ^ "A New History of Ireland" T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F.J. Byrne and Cosgrove, A: Oxford, OUP, 1976 ISBN 0-19-821745-5
  2. ^ Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, John Venn/John Archibald Venn Cambridge University Press > (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part I. 1209–1751 Vol. iii. Kaile – Ryves, (1924) p280
  3. ^ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 3" Cotton, H. p86 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878
  4. ^ "Clogher clergy and parishes : being an account of the clergy of the Church of Ireland in the Diocese of Clogher, from the earliest period, with historical notices of the several parishes, churches, etc" Leslie, J.B. p31: Enniskille; R.H. Ritchie; 1929
  5. ^ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 3" Cotton, H. pp252/3 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878