- Heber MacMahon
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name = Most Reverend Heber MacMahon
religion =Catholic Church
See = Clogher
Title = Bishop of Clogher
Period = June 1643 – July 1650
Predecessor = Eugene Matthews
Successor = BishopPatrick Duffy | post = unknown | date of birth = 1600
place of birth = Inniskeen |The Most Reverend Heber MacMahon was born in 1600 on the island of
Inniskeen inCounty Monaghan .He went to the Irish College at Douai in 1617 and later to Leuven. [web cite|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16058a.htm|title=Heber MacMahon|work=
Catholic Encyclopedia ] He received his education at the Franciscan Monastery in Kiltybegs, the in Louvain. He was ordained a priest in 1625 and appointed as Bishop of Down and Connor in 1641. He played a prominent part in the Irish Catholic Confederation inKilkenny .He was appointed
Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher in June 1643. He worked closely withOwen Roe O'Neill throughout the 1640's and liased with Rinuccini after his arrival in 1645. Following the mysterious death of Owen Roe O'Neill on 6th November 1649, leadership of Ulster army of 5,000 foot soldiers and 600 cavalry was entrusted to Bishop McMahon by theEarl of Ormonde . In 1650 McMahon took Dungiven, but the Irish forces were then routed by Cromwell’s army at thebattle of Scarrifholis , nearLetterkenny , in June of that same year. Although he escaped, he was captured, hanged and beheaded by SirCharles Coote in Enniskillen. He died in office in July of 1650 [web cite|title=Bishop Heber MacMahon (McMahon)|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmcma.html|work=Catholic-Hierarchy ] .References
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Diocese of Clogher
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