1624 in Ireland
List of events
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Events from the year 1624 in Ireland.
Incumbent
- Monarch: James I
Events
- January 21 – proclamation ordering all Catholic Church ecclesiastics to leave Ireland within 40 days; suspended after a month.[1]
- April 27 – the Norton Baronetcy, of Charlton in the County of Berkshire, is created in the Baronetage of Ireland in favour of English politician Gregory Norton.
- May 11 – the title of Baron Brereton, of Leighlin in the County of Carlow, is created in the Peerage of Ireland in favour of Sir William Brereton.[2]
- September 24 – King James approves a revised programme of reform for the Plantation of County Londonderry.[1]
- September 13 – the Style Baronetcy is created in the Baronetage of Ireland in favour of Humphry Style.[3]
- December 31 – the title of Baron Herbert of Castle Island is created in the Peerage of Ireland in favour of Anglo-Welsh soldier, diplomat and poet Edward Herbert.
Births
- William Caulfeild, 1st Viscount Charlemont (d. 1671)
- Caryll Molyneux, 3rd Viscount Molyneux (d. 1699)
Deaths
- March 15 – Theobald Dillon, 1st Viscount Dillon, military commander and adventurer.
- David Kearney, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cashel.
- Donogh O'Brien, 4th Earl of Thomond, military commander.
Arts and literature
- Conclusion of the Contention of the bards.
References
- ^ a b Moody, T. W.; et al., eds. (1989). A New History of Ireland. 8: A Chronology of Irish History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-821744-2.
- ^ Burke, Sir Bernard (1866). A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire (New ed.). London: Harrison. pp. 74–75.
- ^ Kidd, Charles; Williamson, David, eds. (1990). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. New York: St Martin's Press.
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