1631 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1631 in Ireland.
Incumbent
Events
- March 28 – the Morres Baronetcy, of Knockagh in the County of Tipperary, is created in the Baronetage of Ireland in favour of John Morres.{{cite book |title=Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage |date=1885 |publisher=Burke's Peerage Limited. |page=956 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6u8_AQAAMAAJ&dq=%2228+march+1631%22+Morres+Baronetcy&pg=PA956 |access-date=8 October 2024 |language=en}}
- June 20 – Sack of Baltimore: the town of Baltimore, County Cork, is sacked by Algerian pirates.{{cite book |last1=Laughlin |first1=Jim Mac |title=Troubled Waters: A Social and Cultural History of Ireland's Sea Fisheries |date=2010 |publisher=Four Courts Press |isbn=978-1-84682-258-2 |page=151 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZHQnAQAAMAAJ&q=%2220%20june%201631%22%20 |access-date=8 October 2024 |language=en}}
- December 22 – the titles of Viscount Clanmalier and Baron Phillipstown are created in the Peerage of Ireland in favour of Terence O'Dempsey.{{cite book |last1=Burke |first1=Bernard |title=A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire |date=1866 |publisher=Harrison |page=408 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1ysWkXKSrpIC&dq=%2222+december+1631%22+Viscount+Clanmalier&pg=PA408 |access-date=8 October 2024 |language=en}}
Births
- William Handcock, politician (d. 1707){{cite book |last1=Johnston-Liik |first1=E. M. |title=History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800: Members of the Irish House of Commons |date=2002 |publisher=Ulster Historical Foundation |isbn=978-1-903688-71-7 |page=358 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XOiIAAAAMAAJ&q=%221631%22%20William%20Handcock%20 |access-date=8 October 2024 |language=en}}
Deaths
- April 18 – Henry Docwra, 1st Baron Docwra of Culmore, soldier, statesman and "the founder of Derry" (b. 1564){{cite book |last1=Stephen |first1=Leslie |last2=Lee |first2=Sir Sidney |title=The Dictionary of National Biography |date=1908 |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=1046 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kiE8AAAAIAAJ&dq=%2218+april+1631%22+Henry+Docwra&pg=PA1046 |access-date=8 October 2024 |language=en}}
- November 7 – Patrick Fleming, Franciscan scholar (b. 1599){{cite book |title=The Catholic Encyclopedia: Fathers-Gregory |date=1909 |publisher=Appleton |page=100 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xXdJQYTzq7wC&dq=%227+november+1631%22+Patrick+Fleming&pg=PA100 |access-date=8 October 2024 |language=en}}
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