Toirdhealbhach Ó Briain Explained

Toirdhealbhach Ó Briain (some sources Terence)^[1] (died 1569) was a bishop in Ireland during the second half of the sixteenth century.^[2]

Ó Briain was appointed Bishop of Killaloe on 25 June 1554^[3] when they were temporarily reunited under Queen Mary I: in a letter of 12 October 1561, the papal legate Fr David Wolfe SJ described all the bishops in Munster as 'adherents of the Queen';^[4]

Notes and References

1. "Fasti ecclesiæ hibernicæ: the succession of the prelates in Ireland" Cotton, H. Vol1 p463: Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1851
2. "A New History of Ireland" T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F.J. Byrne and Cosgrove, A: Oxford, OUP, 1976
3. Book: Fryde, E. B. . Greenway, D. E. . Porter, S. . Roy, I. . Handbook of British Chronology . Third Edition, reprinted 2003 . Cambridge University Press . Cambridge . 1986 . 0-521-56350-X . 360–361, 396–398 and 434–435.
4. Book: Rigg, J.M.. Calendar of state papers relating to English affairs : preserved principally at Rome in the Vatican archives and library . London - H M Stationery Office. 1916–26. 49, No. 108.