Edmund Ffrench - Wikipedia Edmund Ffrench, O P (1775–1852) was the Roman Catholic Warden of Galway and Bishop of Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora Ffrench was a descendant of the Tribes of Galway, though by the 18th century, his family had become Protestant His father, Edmund, was Mayor of Galway and the town's Protestant Warden In 1761, as mayor, he signed the notorious "manifesto of intolerance", known as the Black