Edmund MacGauran


Edmund MacGauran
Archbishop of Armagh
Primate of All Ireland
ChurchRoman Catholic
ArchdioceseArmagh
Appointed1 July 1587
Term ended23 June 1593
PredecessorRichard Creagh
SuccessorPeter Lombard
Previous post(s)Bishop of Ardagh (1581–87)
Personal details
Bornc.1548
County Cavan, Ireland
Died23 June 1593 (aged c.45)

Edmund MacGauran (Irish: Émonn Mác Shamhradháin; also anglicised Magauran, Mac Gauran, McGovern; c.1548 – 23 June [N.S. 3 July] 1593) was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland from 1587 to 1593 and Bishop of Ardagh from 1581 to 1587.