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1615 in Ireland
Events from
1615 in
Ireland
.
Incumbent
Monarch
:
James I
Events
18 April
â the "Native's Rebellion":
Arthur Chichester, 1st Baron Chichester
,
Lord Deputy of Ireland
, informs the
Privy Council of England
of a plot by
Hugh McShane O'Neill
, Brian Crossagh, Rory O'Cahan and Alexander McDonald to massacre
Ulster planters
and of the arrest of many conspirators.
25 April
âÂÂ
convocation
of the
Church of Ireland
ends, having adopted 104
Articles of Religion
largely drafted by
James Ussher
.
31 July
âÂÂ
Cú Chonnacht àCianáin
(having been
rack
ed) and five others are sentenced to
hanging
for their part in the insurrection.
24 October
âÂÂ
James I
's
Parliament of Ireland
is dissolved (its third session having been held 18 April–16 May).
Act makes parishes responsible for road maintenance, labourers and
cottier
s to supply six days free labour annually.
Births
Thomas Dillon, 4th Viscount Dillon
, politician (d. c.
1672
)
Katherine Jones, Viscountess Ranelagh
, intellectual (d.
1691
)
William Lamport
, adventurer (d.
1659
)
Alexander MacDonnell, 3rd Earl of Antrim
, military commander (d.
1699
)
Deaths
c. August â Cú Chonnacht àCianáin, rymer and insurrectionist (hanged)
References