title: Richard Hayes (priest)
text: # Richard Hayes (priest)
  
  Richard Hayes was Dean of Derry from 1911 until 1921.
  
  ## Early life and education
  
  He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1882.
  
  ## Career
  
  Hayes began his ecclesiastical career as a curate at Derry Cathedral. He was Rector of Drumragh from 1893 to 1904; and of Templemore from 1904 until his elevation to the deanery.
  
  ## Death
  
  He died on 12 November 1938.
  
  