Gilbert Ó Tigernaig, Bishop of Annaghdown

Bishop of Annaghdown

The Bishop of Annaghdown is an episcopal title which takes its name after the small village of Annaghdown in County Galway, Ireland....

, 1306-1323.

Ó Tigernaig was a native of Carra, County Mayo

Carra, County Mayo

Carra is one of the nine baronies of County Mayo in Ireland, located in the mid-south area of the county. It is sometimes known as Burriscarra and on the map of Mayo baronies below it is the portion shown in grey in the south of the county....

, his family being one of the rulers of the area, subject to (or descended from) the Uí Fiachrach Muaidhe

Uí Fiachrach Muaidhe

Uí Fiachrach Muaidhe were a branch of the Ui Fiachrach dynasty of the Connachta. They were centered in the Moy River valley of Co. Mayo. The Uí Fiachrach Muaide territory at its widest reach included the baronies of Erris and Tirawley in Co. Mayo, and the barony of Tireragh in Co. Sligo...

. The surname is now rendered as Tierney

Tierney

-Overview:Tierney is an Anglicized form of Irish , , also spelled . It is derived from tiarna, the Irish word for lord or master....

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Elected circa 1306, Ó Tigernaig was consecrated before 15 July 1308, taking control of temporalities 15 July 1308. He acted as a suffragan bishop in the dioceses of Winchester

Winchester

Winchester is a historic cathedral city and former capital city of England. It is the county town of Hampshire, in South East England. The city lies at the heart of the wider City of Winchester, a local government district, and is located at the western end of the South Downs, along the course of...

 1313, Worcester

Worcester

The City of Worcester, commonly known as Worcester, , is a city and county town of Worcestershire in the West Midlands of England. Worcester is situated some southwest of Birmingham and north of Gloucester, and has an approximate population of 94,000 people. The River Severn runs through the...

 1313-1314 and Hereford

Hereford

Hereford is a cathedral city, civil parish and county town of Herefordshire, England. It lies on the River Wye, approximately east of the border with Wales, southwest of Worcester, and northwest of Gloucester...

 1315. Bishop Ó Tigernaig died before 16 December 1322, in England

England

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External links

• http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005C/
• http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/index.cfm?fuseaction=Go.&UserID=