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1640 in Ireland
Events from the year
1640 in Ireland
.
Incumbent
Monarch
:
Charles I
Events
5 December âÂÂ
John Atherton
,
Church of Ireland
Bishop of Waterford and Lismore
, and his proctor are executed on a charge of
buggery
, on
Saint Stephen's Green
,
Dublin
.
Approximate date âÂÂ
Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh
transcribes the only surviving copy of the
Chronicon Scotorum
.
Arts and literature
17 March (
Saint Patrick's Day
) âÂÂ
Henry Burnell
's play
Landgartha
premieres at the
Werburgh Street Theatre
in
Dublin
. It is one of the earliest dramatic works from a native Irish playwright.
James Shirley
's play
Saint Patrick for Ireland
is published. The author returns to England around 16 April.
Births
29 June âÂÂ
Elizabeth Stanhope, Countess of Chesterfield
(d.
1665 in England
)
Thomas Beecher
, politician and soldier (d.
1709
)
Charles Molloy
, lawyer (d.
1690
)
Approximate date
Thomas Knox
, politician (d.
1728
)
Philip Og O'Reilly
, politician (d.
1703
)
Deaths
5 December âÂÂ
John Atherton
, Bishop of Waterford and Lismore (b.
1598
)
References