Mauricius Ó Leaáin, Bishop of Kilmacduagh

Bishop of Kilmacduagh

The Bishop of Kilmacduagh was an episcopal title which took its name after the village of Kilmacduagh in County Galway, Ireland. In both the Church of Ireland and the Roman Catholic Church, the title is now united with other bishoprics.-History:...

 1254-1284. Ó Leaáin (O'Leane, Lane, Linnane) is associated with the Oranmore

Oranmore

Oranmore is a village in County Galway on the outskirts of Galway city in Ireland. With its major housing developments, Oranmore is rapidly becoming a part of Galway's commuter or suburban belt...

-Clarenbridge are of County Galway

County Galway

County Galway is a county in Ireland. It is located in the West Region and is also part of the province of Connacht. It is named after the city of Galway. Galway County Council is the local authority for the county. There are several strongly Irish-speaking areas in the west of the county...

. He was the first of three men of the surname to become bishop of Kilmacduagh

Kilmacduagh

Kilmacduagh is a small village in south County Galway, near Gort, in Ireland. It is best known for Kilmacduagh monastery, seat of the Diocese of that name. The diocese is now part of the Diocese of Galway and Kilmacduagh in the Roman Catholic Church and in the Diocese of Limerick and Killaloe in...

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Ó Leaáin was elected before 15 May 1254 and received possession of the temporalities after that date. He died before 16 January 1284.

See also

• Seoán Ó Leaáin
  Seoán Ó Leaáin
  Seoán Ó Leaáin, Bishop of Clonfert, 1322-1336. Ó Leaáin appears to have been a member of the same family asMauricius Ó Leaáin , Nicol Ó Leaáin, and Gregorius Ó Leaáin ....
  
  , Bishop of Clonfert, 1322-1336.
• Nicol Ó Leaáin
  Nicol Ó Leaáin
  Nicol Ó Leaáin, Bishop of Kilmacduagh 1358-1393. Ó Leaáin is associated with the Oranmore-Clarenbridge are of County Galway.Ó Leaáin was appointed 16 November 1358 and consecrated in 1360...
  
  , Bishop of Kilmacduagh
  Bishop of Kilmacduagh
  The Bishop of Kilmacduagh was an episcopal title which took its name after the village of Kilmacduagh in County Galway, Ireland. In both the Church of Ireland and the Roman Catholic Church, the title is now united with other bishoprics.-History:...
  
   1358-1393.
• Gregorius Ó Leaáin
  Gregorius Ó Leaáin
  Nicol Ó Leaáin, Bishop of Kilmacduagh 1394-1397. Ó Leaáin is associated with the Oranmore-Clarenbridge area of County Galway....
  
  , Bishop of Kilmacduagh
  Bishop of Kilmacduagh
  The Bishop of Kilmacduagh was an episcopal title which took its name after the village of Kilmacduagh in County Galway, Ireland. In both the Church of Ireland and the Roman Catholic Church, the title is now united with other bishoprics.-History:...
  
  , 1394-1397.
• Noel Lane
  Noel Lane
  Noel Lane is a retired Irish hurling manager and former player. He played hurling with his local club Ballinderreen and with the Galway senior inter-county team from 1977 until 1990. Lane served as manager of the Galway senior inter-county team from 2000 until 2002...
  
   (born 1954), retired Galway
  Galway
  Galway or City of Galway is a city in County Galway, Republic of Ireland. It is the sixth largest and the fastest-growing city in Ireland. It is also the third largest city within the Republic and the only city in the Province of Connacht. Located on the west coast of Ireland, it sits on the...
  
   Gaelic Athletic Association
  Gaelic Athletic Association
  The Gaelic Athletic Association is an amateur Irish and international cultural and sporting organisation focused primarily on promoting Gaelic games, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, handball and rounders...
  
   (GAA) manager
  Manager (Gaelic games)
  In Gaelic games, a manager or coach is an individual involved in the direction and instruction of the on-field operations of a team. Managing, or coaching, entails the application of sport tactics and strategies during the game itself, and usually entails substitution of players and other such...
  
  
• Sylvie Linnane
  Sylvie Linnane
  Sylvie Linnane is an Irish retired sportsman. He played hurling with his local club Gort and was a member of the Galway senior inter-county team in the 1970s and 1980s...
  
  (born 1956) retired GAA sportsman