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
- Thom's Official Directory of Great Britain And Ireland, 1927, p778
- "Allen, Thomas". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 23 December 2017. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
- Crockford's Clerical Directory 1908 p 19: London, Horace Cox, 1908
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| Preceded by Thomas Gordon Walker |
Dean of Achonry 1916–1927 |
Succeeded by John Harden |
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