Background
Richard Boyle was born around 1574.
Richard Boyle was born around 1574.
He graduated with a Bachelor in 1595 which lead to an Master of Arts three years later, and was incorporated Master of Arts at Oxford on 16 July 1601.
In 1590 he entered Corpus Christi College, Cambridge but is recorded to have migrated to Street John's College, Cambridge. He was advanced to the see of Tuam on 30 May 1638. On the outbreak of the Irish Rebellion of 1641, he retired with Doctor John Maxwell, bishop of Killala, and others, to Galway for protection, where, when the town rose in arms against the garrison, his life was preserved through the influence of Ulick Burke, Earl of Clanricarde.
He died at Cork on 19 March 1645, and was buried in the Cathedral of Saint Finbar.
He is said to have repaired more churches and consecrated more new ones than any other bishop of his time.