Philip O'Sullivan Beare (Irish: Pilib Ó Súilleabháin Béirre, c. 1590; died in Spain, 1660) was an Irish soldier who became more famous as a writer.
He was son of Dermot O'Sullivan and nephew of Donal O'Sullivan Beare, Lord of Dunboy. He was sent to Spain in 1602, and was educated at Compostella by Vendamma, a Spaniard, and John Synnott, an Irish Jesuit.
He served in the Spanish army. In 1621 he published his Catholic History of Ireland, a work not always reliable, but valuable for the Irish wars of the author's own day. He also wrote a Life of St. Patrick, a confutation of Gerald of Wales and a reply to James Usher's attack on his History.
References
- Magee, Irish Writers of the Seventeenth Century (Dublin, 1846);
- O'Sullivan, Catholic History of Ireland, ed. Kelly (Dublin, 1850);
- O'Sullivan, History of Ireland, tr. Byrne (London, 1904)
External links
This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913.
Further reading
- Philip O’Sullivan Beare (2009-05-15). Denis C. O'Sullivan. ed. Natural History of Ireland. Cork University Press.
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