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3 unusual facts about Henry Ó Mealláin


Feardorcha Ó Mealláin

It is suggested that his name may be a 'pet-name' for two of his kinsmen, Henry Ó Mealláin or Tarlach Ó Mealláin, who may also be its author.

Henry Ó Mealláin

Henry Ó Mealláin, O.F.M. (b. c. 1579; died after 1642) was an Irish Franciscan friar, and sometime Guardian of the Franciscan Friars of Armagh.

Tarlach attended a sermon preached by Henry at Carnteel on the first Sunday of Lent in 1642, and mentioned it in his Cín Lae, demonstrating that he and Henry were two different people.



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