Joseph Story was an 18th-century Anglican bishop in Ireland.[1]
Story was educated at Trinity College, Dublin.[2] He was appointed Chaplain to the Irish House of Commons in 1731[3] and Dean of Ferns in 1734.[4] He was appointed to the episcopate at Bishop of Killaloe in 1740[5] and translated to Kilmore in 1742.[6] He died on 22 September 1757.[7]
An unnamed Bishop of Kilmore appears in the latter portion of the short story "The Ash-tree" by M.R. James, set in 1754. Whether this is a Roman Catholic or Church of Ireland bishop is not explicitly stated, but in context the latter is more probable; if so, this character would be Joseph Story, who held the see at that time. In the story, the bishop is a guest at the country house of Sir Richard Fell and participates in the investigation of his death.