Heber MacMahon
Heber MacMahon | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Clogher | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| See | Clogher |
| In office | 1643–1650 |
| Predecessor | Eugene Matthews |
| Successor | Patrick Duffy |
| Previous post(s) | Bishop of Down and Connor |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1600 Inniskeen |
| Died | July or September 1650 |
Heber MacMahon(IrishÉimhear Mac Mathúna) (1600 – 1650) wasbishop of Clogherand general in Ulster.[1]He was educated at the Irish college,Douay,and atLouvain,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 foughtOliver Cromwellat theBattle of Scarrifholisin 1650. He was defeated, taken prisoner and executed the same year.[2]
Biography
[edit]MacMahon was born in 1600 on the island ofInniskeenin what is nowCounty Monaghan.He received his early education at the Franciscan Monastery in Kiltybegs, Monaghan. He went to theIrish College at Douaiin 1617 and later toLeuven.[3]He was ordained a priest in 1625 and appointed asVicar apostolicof theDiocese of Clogherby apapal briefon 17 November 1627.[4]Fifteen years later, he was appointedBishop of Down and Connoron 10 March 1642.[4]He played a prominent part in theIrish Catholic ConfederationinKilkenny.
He was appointedBishop of Clogherin June 1643.[4]He worked closely withOwen Roe O'Neillthroughout the 1640s and liaised withGiovanni Battista Rinucciniafter his arrival in 1645. Following the mysterious death of Owen Roe O'Neill on 6 November 1649, the leadership of the Ulster army of 5,000 foot soldiers and 600 cavalry was entrusted to Bishop McMahon by theEarl of Ormonde.In 1650 McMahon took Dungiven, but the Irish forces were then routed by Cromwell’s army at thebattle of Scarrifholis,nearLetterkenny,in June of that same year. Although he escaped, he was captured, hanged and beheaded bySir Charles Cootein Enniskillen. He died in office in July[5]or 17 September 1650.[4]
After his death, Philip Crolly was appointed vicar apostolic to administer the diocese of Clogher in 1651, and the next bishop wasPatrick Duffywho was appointed in 1671.[4]
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^Also known asEver MacMahonandEmer MacMahonand also latinised asEmerus Matthaeus.(Lee p. 822)
- ^Lee p. 822
- ^Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913)..Catholic Encyclopedia.New York: Robert Appleton Company.
- ^abcdeFryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986).Handbook of British Chronology(Third ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 418.ISBN0-521-56350-X.
- ^"Bishop Heber MacMahon (McMahon)".Catholic-Hierarchy.
References
[edit]- Lee, Sidney(1903),Dictionary of National BiographyIndex and Epitome,p. 882(also main entry DNB xxxv. 225).
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- Roman Catholic bishops of Clogher
- 1600 births
- 1650 deaths
- Christian clergy from County Monaghan
- 17th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland
- People of the Irish Confederate Wars
- Roman Catholic bishops of Down and Connor
- Executed Irish people
- People executed under the Interregnum (England) by hanging
- People from Inniskeen
- Military personnel from County Monaghan
- Executed people from County Monaghan