Meiler de Bermingham was a
Norman-Irish lord who died in 1529.
Meiler was the last lord of
Athenry
Athenry (; ) is a town in County Galway, Ireland, which lies east of Galway city. Some of the attractions of the medieval town are its town wall, Athenry Castle, its priory and its 13th century street-plan. The town is also well known by virt ...
before contact was resumed with the government in
Dublin
Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 c ...
.
References
* ''The Abbey of Athenry'',
Martin J. Blake, Journal of the
Galway Archaeological and Historical Society
The Galway Archaeological and Historical Society was founded on 21 March 1900, at the Railway Hotel, Galway. It promotes the study of the archaeology and history of the west of Ireland. Since 1900, the Society has published 70 volumes of the ''J ...
, volume II, part ii, 1902
* ''The Birmingham family of Athenry'', H. T. Knox, J.G.A.H.S., volume ten, numbers iii and iv, 1916-17.
* ''The Birmingham chalice'', J. Rabbitte, J.G.A.H.S., volume 17, i and ii, 1936-27
* ''The Second Battle of Athenry'', Adrian James Martyn, East Galway News & Views, September 2008-April 2009
External links
Medieval Ireland: an encyclopedia
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People from County Galway
Barons Athenry
Meiler