previous_post predecessor successor death_date consecration birth_place death_place title article_title type see term birth_date ordination name church
teacher edward joseph byrne dermot j. ryan 07 april 1973 27 december 1940 cootehill , county cavan , ireland loughlinstown , county dublin , ireland archbishop of dublin primate of ireland john charles mcquaid
 archbishop dublin 1940 -- 1972 28 july 1895 29 june 1924 john charles mcquaid roman catholic
john charles mcquaid

john charles mcquaid , c.s.sp .
-lrb- 28 july 1895 -- 7 april 1973 -rrb- was the catholic archbishop of dublin and primate of ireland between december 1940 and january 1972 .
he was known for the unusual amount of influence he had over successive governments .
subsequently , third hand allegations of child abuse were made against him but no evidence has ever been offered to support these claims .
these allegations have been specifically denied by several leading irish historians .
