John O'Heyne (ca. 1648 – 11 December 1713) was an Irish Dominican and historian.

Biography

O'Heyne was born near

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about 1648. His paternal grand-uncle was Dominic Burke, O.P., who opposed the

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. His maternal grand-uncle was John de Burgo,

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, and Hugh Burke,

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(1647 – ca. 1656). O'Heyne received the habit at Athenry on 4 August 1664 and left for

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in 1667. He studied at

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and

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, graduating in 1675. Upon his return to Ireland he became preacher and master of novices at

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, where he became acquainted with

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. He returned to Athenry, teaching at the hidden Dominican school at Kilescall until a new persecution arose in 1679, forcing the Dominicans to flee. O'Heyne went to

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and

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. He was a candidate for bishop of

Clonfert Clonfert () is a small village in east County Galway, Ireland, halfway between Ballinasloe and Portumna. The village gives its name to the Diocese of Clonfert (Roman Catholic), Diocese of Clonfert. Clonfert Cathedral is one of the eight cathedr ...

and

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in 1684 but was not selected. Returning to Ireland in 1689 he was appointed Prior of Urlaur Abbey, Co. Mayo. By 1695 he was back at Athenry and spent April to June 1698 at

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. However, he was again forced into exile and died at Louvain in 1713.

James Hardiman James Hardiman (February 1782 – 13 November 1855), also known as Séamus Ó hArgadáin, was a librarian at Queen's College, Galway and an important historian. Hardiman is best remembered for his '' History of the Town and County of Galway'' (1 ...

called him "a learned and ingenious historian" on account of his works on Irish Dominican history.

Bibliography

*''Epilogus chronologicus exponens ... Conventus et Fundationes Sacri Ordinis Praedicatorum in Regus Hybernie'', Louvanaii, 1706. *''The Irish Dominicans of the XVII century'', first published in 1706 in Louvain and reprinted, Dublin, 1902.

References

*''History of Galway'',

, 1820 *''Old Galway'',

Maureen Donovan O'Sullivan Mary Josephine Donovan O'Sullivan was professor of history at Queens College, Galway (now NUI Galway) from 1914 to 1957. Biography One of ten children, four of whom survived infancy, Donovan was born at Fair Hill Road in Galway on 24 November ...

, 1942 *''Galway Authors'', Helen Maher,

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, 1975 *''Irish Dominicans at Lisbon before 1700: a Biographical Register'', Hugh Fenning, in ''

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'', p. 27–65 volume 42, 2000 {{DEFAULTSORT:Oheyne, John 1640s births 1713 deaths 17th-century Irish historians 18th-century Irish historians 17th-century Irish Roman Catholic priests People from County Galway Irish Dominicans Irish expatriates in Spain Irish expatriates in Italy Irish expatriates in Belgium People from Athenry

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