Seamus Ó hÉilidhe

Styles of
Seamus Ó hÉilidhe
Reference styleThe Most Reverend
Spoken styleYour Grace or Archbishop

Seamus Ó hÉilidhe (anglicised James O'Hely, Latinised Jacobus Helius; died c. March 1594) was an Irish clergyman and Roman Catholic Archbishop of Tuam. He is known for his role in acquiring Spanish forces to assist the Irish in the Nine Years' War. He drowned in a shipwreck off Biscay whilst returning to Ireland with a Spanish reconnaissance expedition.

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