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Archbishop Miler Magrath died aged 100 years in 1622. To have lived that long in those tumultuous times would already be an achievement but what he packed into those years is even more amazing.
He was born near Pettigo into an aristocratic Gaelic clan whose territory included Lough Derg in Co. Donegal already a place of pilgrimage. At an early age he joined the Conventual Franciscans and was further educated in Rome during the period the Council of Trent was trying to counter the effects of the Protestant Reformation.
After spending time in Spain and the Netherlands, Miler was appointed Bishop of Down and Connor by Pope Pius IV in 1565. This was a very confused time in Ireland with many dioceses having both Catholic and Protestant bishops with the former in permanent danger of arrest for “heresy” or treason.
