1624 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1624 in Ireland.
Incumbent
Events
- January 21 – proclamation ordering all Catholic Church ecclesiastics to leave Ireland within 40 days; suspended after a month.{{cite book|editor=Moody, T. W.|title=A New History of Ireland. 8: A Chronology of Irish History|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1989|isbn=978-0-19-821744-2|display-editors=etal}}
- April 27 – 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 – 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.{{cite book|last=Burke|first=Sir Bernard|title=A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire|publisher=Harrison|location=London|date=1866|edition=New|pages=74–75|author-link=Bernard Burke|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K3MaAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Baron+Brereton%22&pg=PA75}}
- September 24 – King James approves a revised programme of reform for the Plantation of County Londonderry.
- September 13 – the Style Baronetcy is created in the Baronetage of Ireland in favour of Humphry Style.{{cite book|editor1=Kidd, Charles |editor2=Williamson, David |title=Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage|location=New York|publisher=St Martin's Press|year=1990}}
- December 31 – 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
Deaths
- March 15 – 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
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