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1624 in Ireland
Events from the year
1624 in Ireland
.
Incumbent
Monarch
:
James I
Events
January 21
â proclamation ordering all
Catholic Church
ecclesiastics to leave Ireland within 40 days; suspended after a month.
April 27
â 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
â 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
.
September 24
âÂÂ
King James
approves a revised programme of reform for the
Plantation
of
County Londonderry
.
September 13
â the
Style Baronetcy
is created in the Baronetage of Ireland in favour of Humphry Style.
December 31
â 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
âÂÂ
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