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Thomas Walls was an Anglican priest in Ireland in the 17th century. [1]

Walls was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. [2] He was Archdeacon of Achonry from 1705 to 1712; and then again from 1719 to 1734. [3]

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  2. Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860) George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p852: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
  3. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 4" Cotton, H. p. 108: Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878