Maol Eoin Ó Crechain [SEP] date of death
Maol Eoin Ó Crechain
Maol Eoin Ó Crechain, Archdeacon of Tuam and Doctor of Sacred Theology, died in 1243.
"The History of the Popes" lists him as an Archdeacon of Tuam, stating that "after his return from beyond the sea as a Professor, [he] died in Dublin."
The surname Ó Crechain is now rendered as Crehan, and variations. It is still found in County Galway. A later bearer of the name was Bernard J. Crehan, priest and author (born 2
, Fláithrí Ó Maol Chonaire (died 1629)
and Muiris mac Torna Ó Maolconaire (died 1645).
It has been suggested by Eoin Mac Cárthaigh that Fearfeasa's lands were in the townland of Creta, parish of Kiltrustan, beside that of his father, Lochlainn, who lived in Lisheen townland. Páidín Ruadh Ó Maol Chonaire, who retained two-thirds of his lands in Ballymulconry in the 1650s, may have been Fearfeasa's brother.
The Four Masters.
As a young man, he participated in