Edward Atkinson (Archdeacon of Dromore)

Edward Dupré Atkinson (2 February 1855, d. 26 April 1937)^[1] was Archdeacon of Dromore from 1905 to 1933.^[2]

Harding was born in Dublin and educated at Rugby and Caius.^[3] He was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1878. He was ordained in 1881 and his first post was a curacy at Seapatrick.^[4] He was rector of Donaghcloney from 1884 to 1919; and vicar of Kilbroney from 1919 to 1931.

Published works

• An Ulster parish : being a history of Donaghcloney (Waringstown). Dublin: Hodges, Figgis. 1898. OCLC 3790448.
• Dromore, an Ulster Diocese (PDF). W. Tempest. 1925.
• Recollections of an Ulster Archdeacon. Belfast: Carswell. 1934.