About Maol Muire Ó hUiginn
Maol Muire Ó hUiginn was a catholic priest and poet.
Maol Muire Ó hÚigínn, also Maol Muire Ó Huiginn (Anglicised: Miler O'Higgin; died 1590 at Antwerp), was an Irish Catholic clergyman. A Franciscan, he was appointed Archbishop of Tuam by the Holy See on 24 March 1586, and died in office. a descendant of Tadg Óg Ó hUiginn (died 1448). His brother was the poet Tadhg Dall Ó hÚigínn. Several other of his poems on religious subjects survive. Ó hÚigínn's poems were still known by poets and historians, and continued to be copied in manuscripts well into the 19th century.
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Who was Maol Muire Ó hUiginn?
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Tuam and poet
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Maol Muire Ó hUiginn died in 1590.
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Maol Muire Ó hUiginn was a catholic priest and poet.
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