Maol Eoin Ó Crechain,

Archdeacon of Tuam The Archdeacon of Tuam ( ) was a post held in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tuam, Diocese of Tuam, from the creation of the diocese at the Synod of Rathbreasail in 1111. Background In the Catholic Church, the post of archdeacon, generally a ...

and

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, died in 1243. ''The History of the Popes'' lists him as an Archdeacon of Tuam, stating that ''after his return from beyond the sea as a

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, edied in

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Ó Crechain is now rendered as Crehan, and variations. It is still found in

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. A later bearer of the name was Bernard J. Crehan,

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(born 2 July 1874).

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Medieval Gaels from Ireland 13th-century Irish Roman Catholic priests Christian clergy from County Galway 1243 deaths Year of birth unknown {{Ireland-RC-clergy-stub