1646 in Ireland
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Events from the year1646 in Ireland.
Incumbent
[edit]Events
[edit]- 3 March– the title ofEarl of Leinsterin thePeerage of Irelandis created forRobert Cholmondeley.[1]
- 28 March–the first "Ormonde Peace":the Supreme Council of the Irish Catholic Confederation signs an agreement withJames Butler, Marquess of Ormonde,as lieutenant ofCharles I of Englandwhich would procure some rights for Catholics in return for their military support of theroyalistsin England, but this is renounced by the Confederation's General Assembly.
- 5 June– theBattle of Benburb,part of theIrish Confederate Wars,takes place inCounty Tyrone.The forces ofCatholicConfederate IrelandunderOwen Roe O'Neillsecure a decisive victory over aScottishCovenanterandAnglo-Irisharmy led byRobert Monro.[2]
- 29 June– battle at Laught (Leacht), part of the Irish Confederate Wars, between Tadhg Mór and his brotherLaughlin Ó Cellaigh(who is killed).
Arts and literature
[edit]- Henry Burkhead'scloset dramaCola's Fury, or Lirenda's Misery,based on theIrish Rebellion of 1641,is published inKilkenny(dated 1645).[3]
Births
[edit]- 24 August–Roger Boyle, 2nd Earl of Orrery,politician (d.1682)
- John Davys,politician (d.1689)
- Antoine Hamilton,author (d.1720)
Deaths
[edit]- 29 June–Laughlin Ó Cellaigh,chief.
References
[edit]- ^"Cholmondeley, Viscount (I, 1661)".cracroftspeerage.co.uk.Retrieved2020-07-26.
- ^"Battle of Benburb 1646".O'Neill Country Historical Society.Retrieved2020-07-26.
- ^"A tragedy of Cola's furie, or, Lirenda's miserie written by Henry Burkhead, 1645".quod.lib.umich.edu.Retrieved2020-07-26.