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1611 in Ireland
Events from the year
1611 in Ireland
.
Incumbent
Monarch
:
James I
Events
18 February
â Sir
Humphrey Winch
, retiring
Lord Chief Justice of Ireland
, is sent to London with draft legislation.
7 May
âÂÂ
surrender and regrant
in Counties
Carlow
,
Wexford
and
Wicklow
is authorised.
June âÂÂ
Roman Catholic
priest
Patrick O'Loughran
returns from exile.
11 July
–
21 October
:
Lord Carew
is in Ireland (as authorised in June) to inquire into its government and report on prospects for the
plantation of Ulster
(August).
19 August
â the
Church of Ireland
Bishop of Elphin
, John Lynch, resigns, declaring himself a Roman Catholic, and is succeeded by
Edward King
(consecrated December).
25 November
â the nobility and gentry claim the right to have advance sight of
bill
s intended for the
Parliament of Ireland
.
Giolla Brighde ÃÂ hEoghusa
(Bonaventura ÃÂ hEoghusa or O'Hussey)'s
An Teagasc Criosdaidhe
is published in
Antwerp
, the first devotional work in
Irish
.
Births
Richard Lynch
,
Jesuit
theologian (d.
1676
)
Hugh Dubh O'Neill
, 5th Earl of Tyrone, soldier (d.
1660
) (born in
Brussels
)
References