Armagh

Armagh was an Irish archbishopric and temporal lordship centred on the city of Armagh. Its archbishops claimed primacy over the Irish church; in 1337 the see was held by David Mageraghty.

After Mageraghty's death in 1346, the theologian Richard FitzRalph became archbishop. The Reformation divided the see into Catholic and Church of Ireland successions. After the Williamite war, penal laws forced Catholic primates into exile or hiding, and only in the nineteenth century could a Catholic archbishop reside openly in Armagh again.