Richard Archdeacon, alias ''McGillacuddy'' (1616–1690), was an Irish

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who wrote

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works in both

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and Irish.

Life

He entered the

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Mechlin Mechelen (; french: Malines ; traditional English name: MechlinMechelen has been known in English as ''Mechlin'', from where the adjective ''Mechlinian'' is derived. This name may still be used, especially in a traditional or historical contex ...

on 28 September 1642. He was in due time enrolled among the professed fathers of the order. He was teaching

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in 1650, he studied under the Jesuits at Antwerp and Lille, and he arrived at the Professed House at Antwerp 26 March 1653. For six years, he taught humanities and was professor of

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, moral theology, and

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for a long period, chiefly at

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and

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. His death occurred in Antwerp on 31 August 1693.

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Richard Archdekin at the Library of Ireland
17th-century Irish Jesuits Irish writers People from County Kilkenny 1616 births 1690 deaths {{Ireland-RC-clergy-stub