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Muircheartach mac Murchadha Ó Briain

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Muircheartach mac Murchadha Ó Briain also recorded as Maurice O'Brien or in Latin as Mauricius[1] was an Irish Roman Catholic clergyman in the late 15th and early 16th centuries:[2] he was appointed Bishop of Kilfenora on 12 December 1491[3] with the Papal bulls being expediated on 26 August 1492.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Brady, William Maziere (1876). The episcopal succession in England, Scotland and Ireland AD 1400 to 1875. Vol. 2. pp. 125–127. OCLC 655156325.
  2. ^ Fryde, Edmund Boleslav; Greenway, D.E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). "Handbook of British chronology". Offices of the Royal Historical Society : University College. p. 358. OCLC 989682481.
  3. ^ Cotton, Henry (1851). Fasti ecclesiae hibernicae : the succession of the prelates and members of the cathedral bodies in Ireland. Vol. 1: The province of Munster. London: Hodges and Smith. pp. 501–502.
  4. ^ Moody, T.W.; Martin, F.X.; Byrne, F.J., eds. (1984). A New History of Ireland. A Companion to Irish History, part 2. Vol. 9 Maps, genealogies, lists. Clarendon Press. p. 299. ISBN 0-19-821745-5. OCLC 1152598744.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of Kilfenora
1491–1514
Succeeded by