The Dean of Achonry used to be based at the Cathedral Church of St Crumnathy,

Achonry Achonry (; ) is a village in County Sligo, Ireland. The old name is Achad Cain Conairi. St. Nath Í ua hEadhra (O'Hara) founded a monastery here. The foundation gave the later diocese its name. The monastery was founded on land granted by the ...

(closed in 1997) in the Diocese of Achonry within the united bishopric of Tuam, Killala and Achonry of the Church of Ireland.

List of deans of Achonry

*1582–1591: Owen O'Connor (afterwards

Bishop of Killala The Bishop of Killala () is an episcopal title which takes its name after the village of Killala in County Mayo, Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church it remains a separate title, but in the Church of Ireland it has been united with other bish ...

, 1591) *1615 William Flanagan (also

Dean of Killala The Dean of Killala is based at the Cathedral Church of St Patrick, Killala in the Diocese of Killala within the united bishopric of Tuam, Killala and Achonry of the Church of Ireland. The Cathedral Church of St Crumnathy, Achonry, was closed i ...

, 1613) *1628/9 William Buchanan (also

and afterwards

Dean of Tuam The Dean of Tuam ( ) is a post held in the Diocese of Tuam, as head of the cathedral chapter from after the creation of the diocese at the Synod of Rathbreasail in 1111. Background A dean is often the chief resident cleric of a cathedral or othe ...

, 1661) *1661 Randal or Rodolph Hollingwood *1662 James Vaughan *1683 William Lloyd (afterwards

Bishop of Killala and Achonry The Bishop of Killala and Achonry was the Ordinary of the Church of Ireland diocese of Killala and Achonry in the Ecclesiastical Province of Tuam. The diocese comprised part of Counties Mayo and Sligo in Ireland. The Episcopal see was a union o ...

, 1691) *1691–1694 Samuel Foley (afterwards

Bishop of Down and Connor The Bishop of Down and Connor is an episcopal title which takes its name from the town of Downpatrick (located in County Down) and the village of Connor (located in County Antrim) in Northern Ireland. The title is still used by the Catholic Chur ...

, 1694) *1694/5–1733 John Yeard *1733–1751 Sutton Symes *1752–1791 Richard Handcock *1791–1806

James Langrishe James Langrishe (c.1765 – 17 May 1847) was Dean of Achonry from 1791 until 1806 when he became Archdeacon of Glendalough. He was also rector of Newcastle Lyons, co. Dublin, and Killishin, County Carlow. He was the second son of Sir Hercules La ...

*1806–1812

James Hastings James Hastings (26 March 1852 – 15 October 1922) was a Scottish United Free Church minister and biblical scholar. He is best known for producing major reference works, including a 5-volume '' Dictionary of the Bible'' and a 13-volume ''Encyc ...

*1812–1821

Arthur Henry Kenney Arthur Henry Kenney (c.1776–1855) was an Irish priest who was Dean of Achonry from 1812 to 1821. He was educated at Trinity College Dublin, where he was elected a Scholar. He was the incumbent at Kilmacrennan before his years as Dean; and ...

*1821–1824 William Greene *1824–1839

Theophilus Blakely Theophilus Blakely was an Irish Anglican priest. Blakely was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. he was Dean of Connor from 1811 to 1824; Dean of Achonry from 1824 to 1839; and Dean of Down from then until his death on 1 December 1855.Births, ...

(afterwards

Dean of Down The Dean of Down is based in The Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Downpatrick within the Diocese of Down and Dromore of the Church of Ireland. The current incumbent is T. Henry Hull. Deans of Down *1541 Connor Magennis *1609 ...

, 1839) *1839–1850 Edward Newenham Hoare (afterwards

Dean of Waterford The Dean of Waterford in the United Dioceses of Cashel and Ossory in the Church of Ireland is the dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Waterford. List of deans of Waterford *?–1223 William Wace (afterwards Bishop of Waterford 1223) *?–1252 Phi ...

, 1850) *1850–1872

Hervey de Montmorency, 4th Viscount Mountmorres Hervey de Montmorency, 4th Viscount Mountmorres (August 20, 1796 - 24 January 1872) was the Dean of Cloyne from 1845 until 1850 when he was appointed Dean of Achonry, a post he held until his death in 1872. He was educated at Trinity College, Dubl ...

*1872-1882 Arthur Moore *1886-1895

Hamilton Townsend Hamilton Townsend (1843?-1895) was an Anglican priest in Ireland in the second half of the nineteenth century Allen was born in County Down, educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1850. He was Rector of Killoran from 1862; Archde ...

*1895–1907

George Abraham Heather George Abraham Heather was an Anglican priest in Ireland in the second half of the nineteenth century and the first decade of the 20th. Allen was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. After a curacy in Ardrahan he was Rector of St John, Cincinnati ...

*1907–1914 Thomas Gordon Walker *1916–1927

Thomas Allen Thomas Allen may refer to: Clergy *Thomas Allen (nonconformist) (1608–1673), Anglican/nonconformist priest in England and New England *Thomas Allen (dean of Chester) (died 1732) *Thomas Allen (scholar) (1681–1755), Anglican priest in England * ...

References

External links

St Crumnathy’s Cathedral, Achonry
— photograph at flickr.com {{Deans of Achonry Diocese of Tuam, Killala and Achonry