Gilbert Ó Tigernaig was the
Bishop of Annaghdown
The Bishop of Annaghdown (or Annadown, Enachdune, Eanach Dúin) is an Episcopal polity, episcopal title which takes its name after the small village of Annaghdown in County Galway, Ireland.
The bishop was originally the Ordinary (Catholic Church ...
from 1306 to 1323.
Ó Tigernaig was a native of
Carra, County Mayo
Carra () is one of the nine barony (Ireland), baronies of County Mayo in Republic of Ireland, Ireland, located in the mid-south area of the county. It is sometimes known as Burriscarra. It incorporates the town of Castlebar, the villages of To ...
, his family belonging to those ruling the area, subject to (or descended from) the
Uí Fiachrach Muaidhe
The Uí Fiachrach Muaidhe were a branch of the Uí Fiachrach dynasty of the Connachta in medieval Ireland. They were centred on the Moy River valley of modern-day County Mayo, Ireland. At its largest extent, their territory, Tír Fhíacrach Múai ...
. The surname is now rendered as "Tierney".
Elected about 1306, Ó Tigernaig had been consecrated a bishop by 15 July 1308, taking control of the temporalities of Annaghdown on 15 July 1308. He also acted as a
suffragan
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In the Catholic Church, a suffragan bishop leads a diocese within an ecclesiastical province other than the principal diocese, the metropolitan archdiocese; the diocese led ...
bishop in the dioceses of
Winchester
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(1313),
Worcester
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(1313–1314) and
Hereford
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(1315). He died before 16 December 1322, in
England
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, where he had been serving as suffragan in the
Diocese of Coventry and Lichfield
The Diocese of Lichfield is a Church of England diocese in the Province of Canterbury, England. The bishop's seat is located in the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Chad in the city of Lichfield. The diocese covers of seve ...
.
Further reading
* ''Gilbert Ó Tigernaig, Bishop of Annaghdown, c.1306–23'', Michael Robson, Journal of the
Galway Archaeological and Historical Society
The Galway Archaeological and Historical Society was founded on 21 March 1900. It promotes historical preservation, as well as the study of the archaeology and history of the west of Ireland.
As of January 2002, the Society had published 53 cons ...
, 1996
References
External links
* http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005C/
* http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/index.cfm?fuseaction=Go.&UserID=
Christian clergy from County Mayo
14th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland
Bishops of Annaghdown
Irish expatriates in England
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