Background
COWELL, George Young was born on August 15, 1838 in Garrison House, Company Fermanagh. Son of Georgia C. Cowell and Eliza Jane, only child of Reverend Andrew Story Young, Bachelor of Arts.
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Education
Studied at Private schools. Trinity College, Dublin. Senior Moderator and Gold Medallist in Mathematics, 1859.
Master of Arts.
Career
Division. Test., 1861, 2nd class. Curate of Inver, 1863-1864. Clonmore, 1864-1869; Kill, 1869-1874.
Rector of Carnalway, 1874-1879.
Vicar of Lea, 1879-1890. 1st Canon of Kildare, 90.
Honourable Secretary Kildare Synod, 1874. Member of Kildare Diocesan Council, 1876.
Honourable Secretary Kildare Council, 1880.
Member of General Synod, Church of Ireland, 1882. Diocesan Nominator Kildare Diocese, 1888. Member of Council Kildare Archaeological Society, 1909.
Dean, Rector, and Rural Dean of Kildare since 1890.
