Hamilton Townsend (1843?-1895) was an
Anglican
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priest
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in
Ireland
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in the second half of the nineteenth century
Allen was born in
County Down
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, educated at
Trinity College, Dublin
, name_Latin = Collegium Sanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae Elizabethae juxta Dublin
, motto = ''Perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam'' (Latin)
, motto_lang = la
, motto_English = It will last i ...
and
ordained
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in 1850. He was
Rector
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of
Killoran
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from 1862;
Archdeacon of Achonry from 1862 to 1883; and a
Canon
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of
St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin
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from 1875. He was
Dean of Achonry
The Dean of Achonry used to be based at the Cathedral Church of St Crumnathy, Achonry (closed in 1997) in the Diocese of Achonry within the united bishopric of Tuam, Killala and Achonry of the Church of Ireland.
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*1582– ...
from 1883 until his death.
['BELFAST: MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1895' ]The Belfast News Letter
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(Belfast, Ireland), Monday, October 28, 1895
References
1895 deaths
1843 births
Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
Archdeacons of Achonry
19th-century Irish Anglican priests
Christian clergy from County Down
Deans of Achonry
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