William Miagh

William Miagh (sometimes Meagh)^[1] was a bishop in Ireland during the sixteenth century.

Previously Dean of Kildare^[2] he was nominated to the see of Kildare^[3] on 17 May 1644 by Henry VIII in opposition to the Pope's appointment.^[4] He died on 15 December 1548.^[5]

References

1. Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X.; Byrne, F. J., eds. (1984). Maps, Genealogies, Lists: A Companion to Irish History, Part II. New History of Ireland. XI. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-821745-5.
2. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 2" Cotton, H. pp237 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
3. Library Ireland
4. Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 394–395. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
5. "The Whole Works Concerning Ireland Rev. and Improved, Volume 1" Ware, J p390: Dublin, E. JOnes, 1739