Hugh MacMahon (1660–1737) was

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1707–1715 and Archbishop of Armagh 1715–1737. Born in 1660 in the townland of Cavany, Scotshouse,

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, 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 Colonel Philip O'Reilly (Irish: ''Pilib MacAodh Ó Raghallaigh'') (born 1599 - died 1655) was a member of parliament for County Cavan, Ireland in the Irish Parliament from 1639 to 1641, and a leading member of the 1641 Rebellion. Ancestry His ...

, the Cavan leader in the 1641 Rebellion. Hugh MacMahon was appointed as

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on 15 March 1707, following the death of his predecessor,

Patrick Tyrrell Patrick Tyrrell (or Tyrell), O.F.M. (died 1692) was an Irish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the Bishop of Clogher (1676–1689), Vicar Apostolic of Kilmore (1678–1689), and Bishop of Meath (1689–1692). A prominent Jaco ...

in 1689. In 1711, he was appointed the

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for the Diocese of Kilmore; he resigned from this position in 1728. On 8 July 1715 he was appointed to the position of Archbishop of Armagh. Hugh MacMahon was the first of three Clogher bishops who were, in succession, appointed to the See of Armagh.Archbishop Hugh MacMahon
''Catholic Hierarchy''. Retrieved 21 June 2009. He died in Armagh on 7 August 1737. Bishop MacMahon was one of several priests who were targets for Edward Tyrrell the priest-hunter working in Dublin and the Wicklow area around 1712.

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Roman Catholic bishops of Clogher 18th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland 1660 births 1737 deaths People from County Monaghan Roman Catholic archbishops of Armagh {{Ireland-RC-bishop-stub

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