| Styles of Hugh O'Reilly | |
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| Reference style | The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | Your Grace or Archbishop |
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Hugh O'Reilly (Irish: Aodh Ó Raghallaigh; c.1580 – 1653)[1] was an Irish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Kilmore from 1625 to 1628 and Archbishop of Armagh from 1628 to 1653.
He was the son of Honora and Mulmore O'Reilly, who was the grandson of the chief of the O'Reilly clan, Fearghal macSeaán, who ruled East Breifne from 1526–1534. Hugh O'Reilly was thus eligible for election to the chieftainship under the system of deirbhfhine. Hugh O'Reilly's genealogy is Aodh son of Maol Mórdha son of Aodh son of Fearghal son of Seaán son of Cathal son of Eóghan na Fésóige.[2] Mulmore O'Reilly had four sons by his wife Honora: Émonn, Hugh O'Reilly (Archbishop of Armagh), Fearghal and Domhnall. He also had an illegitimate son, Cathaoir. In the Plantation of Ulster by grant dated 29 April 1611, King James VI and I granted the town and lands of Gortatowill containing 6 polls, comprising a total of 300 acres at an annual rent of £3-4s., to Mulmore McHugh McFarrall O'Rely, gent.[3] Gortatowill now comprises the townlands of Prospect, Corlough and Tawnagh in Corlough parish.
- ^ Profile (page 405), askaboutireland.ie. Accessed 23 February 2024.
- ^ A Genealogical History of the O'Reillys by Eoghan O’Raghallaigh, Section 18, p. 89
- ^ Chancery, Ireland (1800). Calendar of the Patent Rolls of the Chancery of Ireland. - (Dublin 1800.) (angl.) 372 S. p. 212.