Life
fl.1492; Papal overseer of Lough Derg prior to its closure in 1492; described as compiler of the Annals of Ulster (AU, 1497), in Franciscan Donegal, ed. Fr. Terence O’Donnell (Ros Nuala, 1952).
References
Dictionary of National Biography (DNB UK) lists Cathal Macmaghnusa Maguire (1439-1498), Irish historian; archd. of Clogher, 1483; collected a fine library of MSS, and compiled The Historical Book of Ballmacmanus (Annals of Ulster, 60-1498); acc. Paul Harris [q.v.], author of additions to Féilire of Oengus and annotations to Register of Clogher.
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