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Máel Ísu Mac in Baird

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Máel Ísu Mac in Baird (died 1173) was a Bishop of Clonfert.

Máel Ísu Mac in Baird was a native of Soghain, a territory in western Ui Maine (now part of County Galway). From about his lifetime or earlier, members of the Mac an Bhaird would become professional poets and historians. The surname is now generally rendered as Ward.

References

Sources

  • The Surnames of Ireland, Edward MacLysaght, 1978.
  • A New History of Ireland: Volume IX - Maps, Genealogies, Lists, ed. T.W. Moody, F.X. Martin, F.J. Byrne.

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded byPetrus Ua Mórda Bishops of Clonfert
1172-1173
Succeeded byCelechair Ua hAirmedaig
Pre Reformation Bishops of Clonfert


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