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- Hugh MacMahonHugh MacMahonHugh MacMahon was Bishop of Clogher 1707–1715 and Archbishop of Armagh 1715–1737.Born in 1660 in the townland of Cavany, Scotshouse, County Monaghan, Ireland, the son of Colla Dubh Mac Mahon of the Dartry branch of the clan and Eibhlin O'Reilly, the daughter of Colonel Philip O'Reilly,...
, Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher, later Archbishop of Armagh (d.17371737 in Ireland-Events:* The News Letter is first published in Belfast, making it the world's oldest existing English language newspaper.-Births:*2 May - William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, British Whig statesman, Home Secretary in 1782 and Prime Minister 1782-1783 .*14 May - George Macartney, 1st Earl...
). - Thomas SoutherneThomas SoutherneThomas Southerne , Irish dramatist, was born at Oxmantown, near Dublin, in 1660, and entered Trinity College, Dublin in 1676. Two years later he was entered at the Middle Temple, London....
, dramatist (d.17461746 in Ireland-Births:*3 July - Henry Grattan, member of Irish House of Commons and campaigner for legislative freedom for the Irish Parliament .*Thomas Hussey, diplomat, chaplain, and Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Waterford and Lismore .-Deaths:...
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