Hugh MacMahon (1660–1737) was
Bishop of Clogher
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1707–1715 and
Archbishop of Armagh 1715–1737.
Born in 1660 in the townland of Cavany, Scotshouse,
County Monaghan
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,
Ireland
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, the son of Colla Dubh Mac Mahon of the Dartry branch of the clan and Eibhlin O'Reilly, the daughter of
Colonel Philip O'Reilly, the Cavan leader in the 1641 Rebellion. Hugh MacMahon was appointed as
Roman Catholic
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Bishop of Clogher
The Bishop of Clogher is an episcopal title which takes its name after the village of Clogher in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. Following the Reformation, there are now parallel apostolic successions: one of the Church of Ireland and the ot ...
on 15 March 1707, following the death of his predecessor,
Patrick Tyrrell in 1689. In 1711, he was appointed the
Apostolic Administrator
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for the
Diocese of Kilmore; he resigned from this position in 1728. On 8 July 1715 he was appointed to the position of
Archbishop of Armagh. Hugh MacMahon was the first of three Clogher bishops who were, in succession, appointed to the See of Armagh.
Archbishop Hugh MacMahon
''Catholic Hierarchy''. Retrieved 21 June 2009. He died in Armagh on 7 August 1737.
Bishop MacMahon was one of several priests who were targets for Edward Tyrrell
Sir Edward Tyrrell (1551 – 29 January 1606) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1604 to 1606, as the Member of Parliament for Buckingham. He served as High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire from 1595–96.
Early life
Tyrrel ...
the priest-hunter working in Dublin and the Wicklow area around 1712.
See also
*Roman Catholic Diocese of Clogher
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Clogher ( ga, Deoise Chlochair) was formed in 1111 at the Synod of Rathbreasail as the see for the Kingdom of Uí Chremthainn. It is part of the Province of Armagh.
The original cathedral was in the village of C ...
References
Roman Catholic bishops of Clogher
18th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland
1660 births
1737 deaths
People from County Monaghan
Roman Catholic archbishops of Armagh
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