Theophilus Blakely was an Irish

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. Blakely was educated at

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. he was Dean of Connor from 1811 to 1824; Dean of Achonry from 1824 to 1839; and

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from then until his death on 1 December 1855.Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries

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(London, England), Saturday, 15 December 1855; pg. 8; Issue 25569

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