Archbishop John Allen of Dublin

Archbishop John Allen of Dublin

1904

1476-1534

James Gairdner

Archbishop John Allen was killed after Silken Thomas’ attack on Dublin Castle. Allen tried to escape the castle, but was run aground in Clontarf. He hid for a while in a friend’s estate, but was eventually found and put to death. Thomas Fitzgerald claimed that the death of Archbishop Allen was an accident for he had only told his men to take him away. His men apparently misunderstood his orders and immediately murdered him. The murder of Archbishop John Allen was a turning point in the rebellion of Silken Thomas. Many people of Ireland, being Catholic, did not like Fitzgerald’s brutality towards the cloth. One main reason Fitzgerald started losing support for his rebellion after the attack of Dublin Castle was the murder of Archbishop John Allen.

English

Dictionary of National Biography, Errata (1904)

Wikimedia:
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Index:Dictionary_of_National_Biography._Errata_(1904).djvu

Religion

Andrew Cromer