Tadhg (MacMahon) Mac Mathúna Bt. (bef. 1615)

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Biography

Tadhg Mac Mathúna (aglicised as Teige MacMahon) was born in 1694. He is the son of Toirealach Mac Mathúna and Máire Ní Bhriain.

James Frost's 1893 "History and Topography of the County of Clare" mentions that in August 1585 Sir John Perrott, the Lord Deputy of Ireland, required the principal gentry of Thomond to sign an Indenture which, among other things, abolished all Irish titles. Among the signatories was Teige MacMahon of Clonderalaw, chief of his name in Corcabaskin East. Teige MacMahon was allowed to hold his castle and lands of Clonderalaw free from Crown rent "and from all demands of the Earl of Thomond". Under the English policy of surrender and regrant an English title was often given to replace a surrendered Irish title. Frost says that Teige died in 1594 and was succeeded by his son, Turlogh Roe MacMahon. Frost refers to an Inquisition held in Ennis in August 1630 which found that Turlogh Roe died on 9 June 1629, leaving his eldest son, Sir Teige MacMahon, Baronet, as his heir.^[1][2]

Sources

1. ↑ MacMahon Baronets Wikipedia, accessed 12 Feb 2018.
2. ↑ Frost, James. The History and Topography of the County of Clare. Part III. History of the County of Clare, Chapter 17. Inquisitions Relating to County of Clare—Reign of Charles I. Accessed from https://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/history/frost/chap17_turlogh_roe_macmahon.htm.