1607 in Ireland
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Events from the year1607 in Ireland.
Incumbent
[edit]Events
[edit]- September 14–Flight of the Earls:Hugh O'Neill, 2nd Earl of TyroneandRory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnellflee toSpainto avoid capture by theEnglishcrown.[1]
- Plantation of Ulster,following the Flight of the Earls.
- TheKingdom of East Breifneis disestablished and settled by English and Scottish colonists.
- Sir Randall MacDonnell settles 300PresbyterianScotsfamilies on his land inAntrim.[2]
- Enniskillen Castleis taken by the English.
- Liffordcomes into the possession of SirRichard Hansard.
- Construction ofJames's Fort,protectingKinsaleharbour, is completed to the design of Paul Ive.[3]
- Construction of Prince Rupert's Tower, protectingCork Harbour,is completed about this date.
Births
[edit]- March 20–Lady Alice Boyle,later Alice Barry, Countess of Barrymore (d.1667)[4]
- Geoffrey Baron,scholar, lawyer and rebel (d.1651)
- Approximate date –Sir George Hamilton, 1st Baronet, of Donalong(d.1679)
Deaths
[edit]- Richard Netterville,lawyer and politician (b. c.1540)
- Nicholas St Lawrence, 9th Baron Howth(b. c.1550)
References
[edit]- ^Williams, Hywel (2005).Cassell's Chronology of World History.London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. p.241.ISBN0-304-35730-8.
- ^Elliott, Marianne(2001).The Catholics of Ulster: A History.New York: Basic Books. p.88.
- ^Stephenson, Charles (2008).'Servant to The King for His Fortifications': Paul Ive and The Practise of Fortification.
- ^Cokayne, G. E.;Gibbs, Vicary;Doubleday, H. A.; White, Geoffrey H.; Warrand, Duncan;Howard de Walden, Thomas Scott-Ellis,eds. (2000),The Complete Peerageof England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant,vol. I (new (reprint) ed.), Stroud:Alan Sutton Publishing,p. 443,ISBN978-0-904387-82-7