Life
1821-1891; ed. TCD, ord. 1845; livings in England and Ireland; DD, Dublin,
1860; dean of Cork, 1864-68; Donnellan lect., TCD, 1865; dean of Royal
Chapel, Dublin, 1866-68; Bishop of Peterborough, 1868-91; opposed disestablishment;
Hon. DCL, Oxon, 1870; Archbishop of York, 1891; orator and brilliant controversialist;
he was the grandson of William Magee (1766-1831), Archbishop of Dublin
(1822-1831). CAB DNB
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Criticism
John C. McDonnell, The Life and Correspondence of William Connor Magee,
2 vols. (1896) [Hyland 220; 1996].
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Notes
Belfast Central Public Library holds Sermons (1888); The Voluntary
System (1861); Discourses on the Scriptural Doctrines of Atonement and
Sacrifice (1801) is ascribed to the grandfather ot the same.
Hyland Books (Ca 220; 1996) lists John C. McDonnell, The Life and Correspondence of William Connor Magee, 2 vols. (1896).
Portrait: A bust of Archb. Magee, in white marble, is displayed
in the drawing room of the Deanery of St. Patrick’s Cathedral (Dublin);
having been rescued from the attic by a modern incumbent, it was repaired
by Deirdre Shortt, who remodelled the missing nose - acc. her own account
- on that of Charles Haughey.
Princess Grace Irish Library (Monaco)