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- Heber MacMahonHeber MacMahonHeber MacMahon was bishop of Clogher and general in Ulster. He was educated at the Irish college, Douay, and at Louvain, and ordained a Roman Catholic priest 1625. He became bishop of Clogher in 1643 and a leader among the confederate Catholics. As a general of the Ulster army he fought Oliver...
, Bishop of Down and Connor, later Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher (d.16501650 in Ireland-Events:*May** Charles II repudiates his alliance with Irish Catholics in favour of one with Scottish Covenanters in the Treaty of Breda. Most English Royalists in Ireland surrender to the Parliamentarians after this point....
). - Terence Albert O'BrienTerence Albert O'BrienTerence Albert O'Brien was an Irish Roman Catholic bishop of Emly. He was beatified among the Seventeen Irish Martyrs by Pope John Paul II on September 27, 1992.-Biography:...
, Roman Catholic BishopBishopA bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
of EmlyEmlyEmly or Emlybeg is a village in South Tipperary, Ireland. It is a civil parish in the historical barony of Clanwilliam. It is also an Ecclesiastical parish in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly....
, executed (d.16511651 in Ireland-Events:*June - Re-start of the Siege of Limerick by English Parliamentarian troops under Henry Ireton.*July - Battle of Knocknaclashy. Irish force trying to relieve Limerick is routed....
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