Brian McGurk

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Brian McGurk (Maguirc) was a Catholic Dean of Armagh during the Penal Times in Ireland, and was Vicar-General to St Oliver Plunkett.

He was imprisoned in Armagh by British Crown Forces in 1712 while in his late eighties. He died in Gaol aged 91 years[1]

Brian was reportedly born and raised in the townland of Aughnagreggan, near Carrickmore, Co.Tyrone. A secondary school in the village is named after him.

[edit] References

  • T. MacDonald (1948), Dean Bryan McGurk, a hero of the penal days; with historical notes on his times and his native parish, Termonmagurk, Co. Tyrone

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Oliver P. Rafferty (1994), Catholicism in Ulster, 1603-1983: An Interpretative History, pp. 68-9.