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Conchobair Ó Maolalaidh

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Conchobair Ó Maolalaidh was an Irish churchman who became successively bishop of Clonfert (1447–1448), Emly (1448–1449) and Elphin (1449–1468).

Biography

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Conchobair was a brother of Seán Ó Maolalaidh. Their family had been expelled from Máenmaige by the Mac Hubert Burkes before 1445 and under Seán had relocated to Tuam as tenents of Baron Athenry.

Conchobair was a Franciscan friar, and was advanced to Clonfert by provision of Pope Nicholas V on 22 May 1447. He translated to the see of Emly on the 22 August 1448, and the following year he translated again to Elphin on the 20 October 1449, where he remained until his death in 1468.

Other members of his family included

References

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  • History of O'Mullally and Lally clans ..., by D.P. O'Mullally, Chicago, 1941.
  • Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 340, 353 and 354. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
Religious titles
Preceded by
John White
Bishop of Clonfert
1447–1448
Succeeded by
Cornelius Ó Cuinnlis
Preceded by
Cornelius Ó Cuinnlis
Bishop of Emly
1448–1449
Succeeded by
William Ó hEidheáin
Preceded by
William Ó hEidheáin
Bishop of Elphin
1449–1468
Succeeded by
Nicol Ó Flannagáin