Arthur Henry Kenney (c.1776–1855) was an
Irish priest who 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.
List of deans of Achonry
*1582– ...
from 1812 to 1821.
He was educated at
Trinity College Dublin
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, where he was
elected a Scholar. He was the
incumbent
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There may or may not be ...
at
Kilmacrennan
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before his years as
Dean
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; and
Rector of
St Olave, Southwark afterwards.
He died in
Boulogne
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on 27 January 1855.
[Gordon Goodwin, ‘Kenney, Arthur Henry (1776/7–1855)’, rev. David Huddleston, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 200]
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References
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1855 deaths
Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
Deans of Achonry
19th-century Irish Anglican priests
Scholars of Trinity College Dublin
Year of birth uncertain
Place of birth missing