John MacNeice

John Frederick MacNeice (1866–1942), was born at Omey, Co. Galway, to a Protestant family which claimed descent from the kin of the early Irish saint MacNissi. Opting for the Church of Ireland ministry he served notably as rector of Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim and afterwards as bishop of Cashel, Emly, Waterford and Lismore (1931–1934) and until his death as bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore (1934–1942). MacNeice is well known for his symbolic opposition to the partition of Ireland (accepted as a political reality): hence his refusal to allow the Union Flag to be laid on Carson's grave at his funeral in St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast in 1935. MacNeice was twice married. One of his sons by his first marriage was the poet, Louis MacNeice.

References

Jon Stallworthy: Louis MacNeice, Faber and Faber,1995
Christopher Fauske: 'Side by Side in a Small Country':Bishop John Frederick MacNeice and Ireland, Church of Ireland Historical Society, 2004
David Fitzpatrick: 'Solitary and Wild': Frederick MacNeice and the Salvation of Ireland, Lilliput Press, 2011.

Bishops of Down and Connor; of Down, Connor and Dromore; and of Down and Dromore

Down and Connor	James MacCawell John Merriman Hugh Allen Edward Edgeworth John Charden Robert Humpston John Todd James Dundas Robert Echlin Henry Leslie Jeremy Taylor Roger Boyle Thomas Hacket Samuel Foley Edward Walkington Edward Smyth Francis Hutchinson Carew Reynell John Ryder John Whitcombe Robert Downes Arthur Smyth James Traill William Dickson Nathaniel Alexander Richard Mant (became Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore)

Down, Connor and Dromore	Richard Mant Robert Knox William Reeves Thomas Welland John Crozier Charles D'Arcy Charles Grierson John MacNeice Charles King Irwin

Down and Dromore	William Kerr Frederick Mitchell George Quin Robin Eames Gordon McMullan Harold Miller

Anglican bishops of Cashel and Waterford

Stephen Sandes Robert Daly Maurice Day Henry O'Hara Robert Miller John McNeice Arnold Harvey Cecil De Pauley John Armstrong

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