Thomas Fulwar (Fuller) was an Irish Anglican priest in the seventeenth century."History of the Church of Ireland: From the revolution to the union of the Churches of England and Ireland, January 1, 1801" Mant, R: London, J.W. Parker, 1840
Fulwar was the son of John Fulwar, the vicar of Stebbing. He is recorded in Alumni Oxonienses as being incorporated from Cambridge in 1645. and chancellor of Cork Cathedral in 1639.
He was Bishop of Ardfert and Aghadoe from 1641 to 1661."Handbook of British Chronology" By Fryde, E. B;. Greenway, D.E;Porter, S; Roy, I: Cambridge, CUP, 1996 , 9780521563505 During the Commonwealth he is credited with having ordained - in England - nearly 1000 Anglican clergy, the most active of all bishops in this process.Royalists and Royalism during the Interregnum edited by: Jason McElligott, David L. Smith, Manchester University Press, 2010 In 1661, no doubt as a reward for this service, he became Archbishop of Cashel."A New History of Ireland" Moody, T.W; Martin, F.X; Byrne, F.J;Cosgrove, A: Oxford, OUP, 1976 Thomas bequeathed money for the manufacture of a new flagon, cup and paten for the cathedral at Cashel and these survive with an inscription to that effect."Rock of Cashel Co. Tipperary" by Duchas The Heritage Service He died in office on 31 March 1667."Fasti ecclesiæ hibernicæ: the succession of the prelates in Ireland" Cotton, H Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1860 Vol 1 p14
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