John MacLaughlin was an Irish Anglican priest.Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. .
MacLaughlin was born in County Londonderry and educated at Trinity College, Dublin.Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593-1860) Burtchaell, G.D./Sadlier, T.U. p539: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935 He held livings at Killukin and Creeve. MacLaughlin was Archdeacon of Elphin in 1761'A Statistical Account, Or Parochial Survey of Ireland, Volume 2' Mason, W.S. p329: Dublin; John Cumming; 1816 until 1769."The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies of Ireland. Fasti ecclesiae Hiberniae. Vol. 4, The Province of Connaght" Cotton, H p142 Dublin; Hodges and Smith; 1849 He was then Prebendary of Tirbrien in Elphin Cathedral from 1769 until 1777."The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies of Ireland. Fasti ecclesiae Hiberniae. Vol. 4, The Province of Connaght" Cotton, H p149 Dublin; Hodges and Smith; 1849
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