1618 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1618 in Ireland.
Contents
Events
- January 23 - Charter of Waterford revoked after election of recusants (restored 1626).[1]
- February 19 - Richard Wingfield is created first Viscount Powerscourt.
- October 1 - Native Irish ordered to leave lands of the British Plantation of Ulster by 1 May 1619 or be fined.[1]
- December 1 - Captain Nicholas Pynnar begins his Survey of the Escheated Counties of Ulster.[1]
Publications
- Aodh Mac Cathmhaoil (Hugh MacCaghwell or Hugo Cavellus) publishes Scáthán Shacramuinte na hAthridhe (or Tractatus de poenitentia et indulgentiis) in Irish at Louvain.[1]
Births
- Thomas Blood, soldier who tries to steal the Crown Jewels of England from the Tower of London in 1671 (d. 1680)
Deaths
- Richard Stanihurst, translator, poet and historian (b. 1547)
