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John MacHale (Irish: Seán Mac Héil; 6 March 1791 in Tubbernavine Co. Mayo Ireland – 7 November 1881 in Tuam Co. Galway Ireland) was the Irish Roman Catholic Archbishop of Tuam and Irish Nationalist.He laboured and wrote to secure Catholic Emancipation legislative independence justice for tenants and the poor and vigorously assailed the proselytizers and the government’s proposal for a mix-faith national school system. He preached regularly to his flock in Irish.
