John Walton Murray was an Irish

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and author in the 19th century.Lisburn Cathedral Web-site
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. Murray began his ecclesiastical career with curacies in Derryvollan,

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and

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. He was 2nd Minister at New Molyneux Church, Dublin from 1863 to 1865, and Rector and

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from 1865 to 1882.

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1885 p862: London;

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; 1885 He was

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and a

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at Lisburn Cathedral from 1882 until 1886, and

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from 1888–1893.

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