Heber MacMahon

Heber MacMahon
Bishop of Clogher
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
SeeClogher
In office1643–1650
PredecessorEugene Matthews
SuccessorPatrick Duffy
Personal details
Born1600
Inniskeen
DiedJuly or September 1650
Previous post(s)Bishop of Down and Connor

Heber MacMahon (Irish Éimhear Mac Mathúna) (1600 – 1650) was bishop of Clogher and general in Ulster.[1] He was educated at the Irish college, Douay, and at Louvain, 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 fought Oliver Cromwell at the Battle of Scarrifholis in 1650. He was defeated, taken prisoner and executed the same year.[2]

  1. ^ Also known as Ever MacMahon and Emer MacMahon and also latinised as Emerus Matthaeus. (Lee p. 822)
  2. ^ Lee p. 822

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