Uilliam Seóighe (''William Joyce''),
Archbishop of Tuam
The Archbishop of Tuam ( ; ) is an Episcopal polity, archbishop which takes its name after the town of Tuam in County Galway, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The title was used by the Church of Ireland until 1839, and is still in use by the Cathol ...
, died 1508. Seóighe was said to be a native of
Galway
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town. He directly succeeded
Donatus Ó Muireadhaigh
Donatus Ó Muireadhaigh, O.S.A. (Anglicised: ''Donatus O'Murray''; died 1485) was a fifteenth-century Archbishop of Tuam.
An Augustinian Canon, he was the Dean of Tuam before appointed Archbishop of Tuam by Pope Nicholas V on 2 December 1450., ...
, O.S.A, as
Walter Blake fitz John
Walter Blake fitz John, Bishop of Clonmacnoise, County Offaly, Ireland, died 1508.
Blake was the son of John Blake fitz William, third Mayor of Galway (148788). His mother was Annabel Burke, and his brothers were Geoffrey, Andrew and Peter.
B ...
had been appointed but not consecrated.
Archbishop Seóighe was appointed on 16 May 1485 and consecrated in 1487. He died on either the 20 or 20 December 1501.
See also
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The Tribes of Galway
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*
Henry Joyce,
Mayor of Galway
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, 1542–1543.
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Richard Joyce (c. 1660–c. 1737), former
slave
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,
goldsmith
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and creator of the
Claddagh Ring.
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Tadhg S. Seioghe (1857–after 1930), writer.
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William Joyce
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(1906–1946), aka
Lord Haw-Haw
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, fascist and
Nazi propaganda
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broadcaster.
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Timothy Joyce (1868–1947),
parish priest
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of
Portumna
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, 1919–1947.
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Máirtín Chóilín Choilmín Seoighe, last inhabitant of Inish Barra,
Connemara
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.
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Gráinne Seoige
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(born 1973), broadcaster.
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Pádraic Joyce
Pádraic Joyce (born 1 April 1977) is a Gaelic football Manager (Gaelic games), manager and former player who played as a forward. He has been manager of the senior Galway county football team, Galway county team since 2019.
Joyce won the All ...
(born 1977),
Gaelic football
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player.
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Síle Seoige
Síle Seoige (; born 13 April 1979) is an Irish television presenter. She has sometimes been referred to as Sheila.
Early life
Seoige was born in An Spidéal, County Galway, the youngest of four children, to parents Mairtín and Philomena. Sh ...
(born 1979), broadcaster.
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Damien Joyce (born 1980),
Gaelic Athletic Association
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sportsperson
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.
References
* ''History of Galway'',
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 ...
, 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.
Christian clergy from County Galway
15th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Ireland
16th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Ireland
1508 deaths
Archbishops of Tuam
Year of birth unknown
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