Colonel Bryan Magauran

Colonel Bryan Magauran, the Sixth, (Gaelic- Brian Mág Samhradháin) was the last chief of the McGovern Clan and Baron or Lord of Tullyhaw barony, County Cavan for a brief period at the end of the 17th century.

His ancestry was Bryan son of ? son of Charles Magauran son of Brian Magauran son of Feidhlimidh Mág Samhradháin (d. 1622) son of Brian son of Tomás (d. 1532) son of Maghnus (d. 1497) son of Tomás Óg (d. 1494) son of Tomás na Feasoige (d. 1458) son of Fearghal (d. 1393) son of Tomás (d. 1343) son of Brian ‘Breaghach’ Mág Samhradháin (d. 1298). Bryan was the eldest son and his younger brother was Lieutenant Daniel Magauran.

Bryan was the last of the McGovern chieftains. His lands had been forfeited after the Cromwellian Settlement and he lived as a tenant farmer. However, during the Williamite War in Ireland he rose in support of King James II of England when the king landed in Ireland in March 1689. The Irish Parliament declared that James remained King and passed a bill of attainder against those who supported William of Orange. The Irish Parliament also passed an Act for Liberty of Conscience that granted religious freedom to all Roman Catholics and Protestants in Ireland. As a result, the McGovern estates in Tullyhaw were restored to Bryan Magauran.

King James raised an army in Ireland, but was ultimately defeated at the Battle of the Boyne on 1 July 1690 against William of Orange. Bryan Magauran fought on James’s side during the battle. He was a captain in the infantry regiment of Colonel Oliver O'Gara. Bryan's brother, Daniel Magauran, was a lieutenant (later a captain) in the same regiment. O'Gara was a member of the Patriot Parliament of 1689 where he represented of Sligo County. His regiment took part in an expedition of 1689 led by Patrick Sarsfield to capture the Protestant-held town of Sligo. In 1690 O'Gara commanded the Jacobite garrison at Jamestown in County Leitrim, repulsing an advance by a larger force of Williamite troops under James Douglas. O'Hara served with his regiment at the Battle of Aughrim, which ended in Jacobite defeat. Following the Treaty of Limerick, O'Gara acted as a hostage until it was clear the terms had been honoured. It is likely that Bryan Magauran was at his side during all those events. He is later referred to as Colonel Magauran so he may have been promoted after the Boyne.

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