Paul Helsham
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Paul Helsham (1761 - 1822) was an Anglican priest in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.[1]
Helsham was born in County Kilkenny. He entered Trinity College, Dublin in 1776[2] and graduated B.A. in 1781 and M.A. in 1792. The Rector of Kilfane,[3] he was Vicar choral of Kilkenny Cathedral from 1781 to 1796.[4] After that Helsham was appointed Vicar general of the Diocese of Ossory in 1796 and Archdeacon of Ossory in 1801, holding both positions until his death.[5]
