Tomas Ó Mellaig, Bishop of Annaghdown

Bishop of Annaghdown

The Bishop of Annaghdown is an episcopal title which takes its name after the small village of Annaghdown in County Galway, Ireland....

, died after 27 May 1250.

Ó Mellaig was a native of what is now 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...

, where his surname

Surname

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 is now rendered Melia

Melia

-People:* Melia Watras , a prominent American violist* Elie Melia , a Georgian Orthodox priest and church historian* Fulvio Melia , an Italian-American physicist* Jimmy Melia , a former English footballer...

 . He was a kinsman of the first bishop

Bishop

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, Conn Ua Mellaig

Conn Ua Mellaig

Conn Ua Mellaig was the Bishop of Annaghdown.Ua Mellaig was a native of what is now County Galway, where his surname is now rendered Melia.He attended the coronation of Richard I of England on 17 September 1189. He died in office in 1202....

, though their exact relationship is unknown.

He was consecrated about 1242 but it is not clear if he ever physically occupied the see, as he acted as a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Lincoln

Diocese of Lincoln

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 in 1246. According to Moody, he may have been deprived of the bishopric on 28 May 1247. He is believed to have died after 27 May 1250.

See also

• Conn Ua Mellaig
  Conn Ua Mellaig
  Conn Ua Mellaig was the Bishop of Annaghdown.Ua Mellaig was a native of what is now County Galway, where his surname is now rendered Melia.He attended the coronation of Richard I of England on 17 September 1189. He died in office in 1202....
  
  , Bishop of Annaghdown
  Bishop of Annaghdown
  The Bishop of Annaghdown is an episcopal title which takes its name after the small village of Annaghdown in County Galway, Ireland....
  
  , died 1202
• Tomás Ó Mellaig
  Tomás Ó Mellaig
  Tomás Ó Mellaig, Bishop-elect of Annaghdown, fl. 1329.Ó Mellaig was Elected circa 1328 or 1329, but never consecrated. He was a kinsman of two previous bishops of Annaghdown, Conn Ua Mellaig and Tomas Ó Mellaig, ....
  
  , bishop-elect, fl. 1329
• Careena Melia
  Careena Melia
  Careena Melia is a Irish-American actress.Melia was born in Galway, Ireland and moved to the US when she was five years old. A student of dance, especially ballet, she trained at Walnut Hill School for the Performing Arts, Boston Ballet, the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet and the Centre de Danse...
  
  , actress
• Cian Melia
  Cian Melia
  Cian Melia, Irish showjumper.Melia, a native of Claregalway, has participated in the Galway County Show, where he and his horse, Bungowla Pressure, won the Riverview class...
  
  , Irish showjumpter

External links

• http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005C/
• http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/index.cfm?fuseaction=Go.&UserID=
• http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Galway/Galway_North_Urban/Mainguard_St__part_/901714/