Philip O'Sullivan Beare

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Born in Ireland, c. 1590; died in Spain, 1660, son of Dermot O'Sullivan and nephew of Donal O'Sullivan Beare, Lord of Dunboy. He was sent to Spain in 1602, and was educated at Compostella by Vendamma, a Spaniards, and Father Synnott, an Irish Jesuit. He served in the Spanish army. In 1621 he published his "Catholic History of Ireland", a work not always reliable, but valuable for the Irish wars of the author's own day. He also wrote a "Life of St. Patrick", a confutation of Gerald Barry and a reply to Usher's attack on his "History".

Sources

MAGEE, Irish Writers of the Seventeenth Century (Dublin, 1846); O'SULLIVAN, Catholic History of Ireland, ed. KELLY (Dublin, 1850); O'SULLIVAN, History of Ireland, tr. BYRNE (London, 1904).

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APA citation. D'Alton, E. (1911). Philip O'Sullivan Beare. In The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11348a.htm

MLA citation. D'Alton, Edward. "Philip O'Sullivan Beare." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 11. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911. <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11348a.htm>.

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Ecclesiastical approbation. Nihil Obstat. February 1, 1911. Remy Lafort, S.T.D., Censor. Imprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York.

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