What is recorded here
Aodh Mac Cathmhaoil was born in 1571 at Saul, County Down, where he received his earliest education and trained at one of the bardic schools still operating in Ulster. That small coastal starting point launched a man who would tutor the sons of Hugh O'Neill, travel to Salamanca, enter the Friars Minor, and shape Gaelic scholarship across Europe before becoming Archbishop of Armagh in 1626.
Why this person is known: Irish Franciscan Archbishop of Armagh (1571–1626)
- Birthplace
- Saul
Places near here
ABBEY; GRAVEYARD; MORTUARY HOUSES; COFFIN LID etc. : SAUL ABBEY in SaulABBEY; GRAVEYARD; MORTUARY HOUSES; COFFIN LID etc. : SAUL ABBEY · 351 yd
CASTLE (unlocated) in SaulCASTLE (unlocated) · 409 yd
St Patrick's StatueMemorial · 1655 yd
Quoile PondageVisitor information · 1.0 mi
TOWER-HOUSE: QUOILE CASTLE in QuoileTOWER-HOUSE: QUOILE CASTLE · 1.1 mi
ENCLOSURE? possibly natural in BallintogherENCLOSURE? possibly natural · 1.1 mi
CHURCH (site of): CARRIGOGANTELAN in CraigoganletCHURCH (site of): CARRIGOGANTELAN · 1.2 mi
CHURCH, HOLY WELLS & BATH HOUSES: STRUELL WELLS in StruellCHURCH, HOLY WELLS & BATH HOUSES: STRUELL WELLS · 1.4 mi
Struell WellsRuins · 1.4 mi
Ringmore BayBay · 1.5 mi
Ringmore PointHeadland · 1.6 mi
Downshire Hospital Highway to HealthWalking route · 1.6 miOther information
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