Protestant Exiles from France/Volume 2 - Book Third - Chapter 23 - Archdeacon Gast
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Archdeacon Gast. — Daniel Gast, a French Protestant refugee, settled in Ireland in 1684. The future Archdeacon was his son, John Gast. born in Dublin in July 1715, and educated at Trinity College. Having taken orders, he officiated as pastor to the French Church at Portarlington; and on his return to Dublin he received a Doctor’s degree from the Provost and Fellows of Trinity College, and was presented in 1761 with the living of Arklow and Archdeaconry of Glandeloch. He died in 1788. Dr. Gast published a History of Greece, which was held in high estimation; he was also remarkable for his active charities and benevolent plans for the relief of the distressed. (Whitelaw’s History of Dublin, p. 1197.)