1. Donald Arthur Richard Caird was an Irish bishop who held three senior posts in the Church of Ireland during the last third of the 20th century.
10 Facts About Donald Caird
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Donald Caird was born in Dublin and educated at Wesley College and Trinity College in his native city studying Mental and Moral Science where he won a scholarship in 1948 and graduated in 1949.
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Donald Caird began his career at St Mark's, Dundela, Belfast.
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Donald Caird was Chaplain and an Assistant Master at Portora Royal School, Enniskillen until 1957.
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Donald Caird was a lecturer in philosophy at University College of St David's, Lampeter.
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Donald Caird was Rector of Rathmichael Parish, Shankill, Dublin and a lecturer in the philosophy of religion at the Church of Ireland Theological College, Dublin.
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Donald Caird was translated to the Diocese of Meath and Kildare and he served there until 1985 when he was elected Archbishop of Dublin and Primate of Ireland.
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Donald Caird took a keen interest in the Irish language from an early age.
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Donald Caird encountered members of Cumann Gaelach na hEaglaise at an Irish language service in Dublin's St Patrick's Cathedral in the early 1940s, which made a deep impression on him.
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Donald Caird was appointed to Bord na Gaeilge, the state body for the promotion of the language, in 1975 while Bishop of Limerick, by Tom O'Donnell TD, Minister for the Gaeltacht.