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Joseph Magodaig

bishop of the Roman Catholic Church

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
Places and architectureInterpretive dossier study · Crown Archives visual atlas
Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 11, 2025
Entity authorityQ48800635 ↗
Source-derived summary

Joseph Magodaig (MacThegadan or Mac Teichthecháin) was an Irish priest in the mid thirteenth century: the first recorded Archdeacon of Ardagh: he was Bishop of the Diocese from 1230 to 1233.

Editorial summary

“Joseph Magodaig” enters the record as bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Joseph, Magodaig and bishop can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewMost useful as a place-based finding aid connecting the present description to earlier jurisdictions, maps and built evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1230, 1233—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Joseph, Magodaig and bishop.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Joseph Magodaig” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Joseph, Magodaig and bishop provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 11, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q48800635. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1230 and 1233.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
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Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Joseph Magodaig”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Joseph Magodaig primary sources, Joseph Magodaig archive and Joseph research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Joseph Magodaig”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Joseph Magodaig” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.