Pilib mac Séamus Mac Mathghamhna

Pilib mac Séamus Mac Mathghamhna was a canon chorister of Clogher, parson of Dartry and coarb of Clones Abbey.

He was a successor of St. Tigernach in Clones and had for the greater part all the Fourths of the bishop of Oriel and the farming of the priors of Lughbadh and Fermanagh, he was bound for the annates of the rectory in 1477, which was to be united to his canonry for the term of his life. He died on the feast of St. John, Apostle and Evangelist 27 December in 1486,^[1] when he is styled coarb, and son of the coarb Séamus mac Ruaidhri Mac Mathghamhna.

Family

He was related to the Kings of Oriel. His grandfather, Ruaidhri mac Ardghail Mor Mac Mathghamhna, was the King of Oriel from 1442–1446.^[2][3][4][5] The Annals of the Four Masters mention his son's Niall who died on his way from Rome in 1484^[6] and Séamus mac Pilib Mac Mathghamhna who became Bishop of Derry in 1502.^[7] Historians Peadar Livingstone, Robert Bell and Padraig Ó Gallachair all claim the McPhillips clan in Ulster are descendants of Pilib mac Séamus Mac Mathghamhna. The McArdle surname owes its origin to his great-grandfather Ardghail Mór.^{[8][9][10][11]}

Pilib mac Séamus Mac Mathghamhna Coarb
Regnal titles
Preceded by Unknown	Coarb of Clones Abbey c. 1477 – 1486	Succeeded by Séamus mac Ruaidhri Mac Mathghamhna

Notes

1. The Annals of Ulster (Author: [unknown]) p. 311
2. Annals of the Four Masters note: Rudhraighe mac Ardghail Moir Mheg Mathgamhna tighearna Oirghiall do écc. & a mhac Aedh Ruadh mac Rudhraighe do oirdneadh ina ionad la h-Ua Néill.
3. Annals of the Four Masters (Author: [unknown]) note:Philip, son of the Coarb (i.e. James, son of Rury, son of Ardgal) Mac Mahon, a canon chorister at Clogher, Coarb of Clones, Parson of Dartry, &c., died.
4. "Fasti ecclesiae Hibernicae : The succession of the prelates and members of the Cathedral bodies of Ireland".
5. Jstor The Coarb in the Medieval Irish Church. (Circa 1200-1550) by St. John D. Seymour, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, Section C, Vol. 41, (1932 - 1934), pp. 221-222 Published by: Royal Irish Academy
6. Annals of the Four Masters Part 12 note: M1484.3 Niall, son of the Coarb Mac Mahon, died on his way from Rome
7. edition, translation Vol. 5 (AD 1501–1588): p.1342 Note:(M1519.1 Semus mac Pilib mic Semais mic Rudhraighe Még Mhathgamhna epscop Doire d'écc.)
8. [Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/27695450] Clogherici A Dictionary of the Catholic Clergy of the Diocese of Clogher (1535 - 1835) (Continued) by Rev. Padraig Ó Gallachair, Clogher Record, Vol. 2, No. 1 (1957), pp. 170-191, Published by: Clogher Historical Society Note: claims it's possible
9. the fermanagh story by Peader Livingstone published by Enniskillen : Clogher Historical Society in 1969 page 441 (Note: says its possible)
10. Peadar Livingstone, The Monaghan story, published by Enniskillen : Clogher Historical Society in 1980 page 69 & 605. ISBN 0-9501047-4-4
11. Robert Bell Book of Ulster Surnames, Page 214, published by The Blackstaff Press in 1988 ISBN 0-85640-602-3

References

• Seán Mac Airt; Gearóid Mac Niocaill, eds. (1983). The Annals of Ulster (to AD 1131). Translated by Mac Airt; Mac Niocaill. Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies.