Dionysius Ó Donnchadha was an Irish

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who served as the

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from 1441 to 1478. Nothing appears to be known of this bishop's term. A

Diarmaid Ó Donnchadha Diarmaid Ó Donnchadha, Bishop of Kilmacduagh, fl. 1418. Appointed and consecrated c. July 1418, Ó Donnchadha had died before October 1419. A Dionysius Ó Donnchadha became bishop from 1441 to 1478. References * http://www.ucc.ie/celt/publis ...

became bishop of the same diocese in 1418.

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* ''The Surnames of Ireland'',

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, 1978, ASIN: B01A0CGA4W * ''A New History of Ireland: Volume IX – Maps, Genealogies, Lists'', ed. T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F. J. Byrne, pp. 322–324,

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