Thomas Allen (Dean of Achonry)

Thomas Allen (2 November 1873 in Ballymena – 16 May 1927 in Coolaney) was Dean of Achonry from 1916 until his death.[1]

Allen was educated at Ballymena Academy and Trinity College, Dublin. After curacies in Maryborough and Galway he was Diocesan Inspector of Religious Education in the Diocese of Tuam, Killala and Achonry.[2] He was Rector of Killoran with Kilvarnet from 1904; and a Canon of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin from 1904 until 1916. He was also Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Tuam from 1923.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Thom's Official Directory of Great Britain And Ireland, 1927, p778
  2. ↑ Allen, Thomas. ukwhoswho.com. Who Was Who. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  3. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1908 p 19: London, Horace Cox, 1908
Church of Ireland titles
Preceded by
Thomas Gordon Walker		 Dean of Achonry
1916–1927		 Succeeded by
John Harden



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