1627 in Ireland

Events from the year 1627 in Ireland.

Incumbent

• Monarch: Charles I

Events

• 23 May – the office of Second Serjeant-at-law at the Irish Bar is created, the first holder being Nathaniel Catelyn.
• The title Earl of Meath is created in the Peerage of Ireland. Since its creation the title has remained in the Brabazon family.
• Muircheartach Óg Ó Cíonga is employed by William Bedell, Provost of Trinity College Dublin, to teach Irish to the Protestants studying there.

Births

• 25 January – Robert Boyle, chemist and physicist (d. 1691)

Deaths

• Cormac Mac Con Midhe, poet.

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