1612 in Ireland

Events from the year 1612 in Ireland.

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Centuries:
  • 15th
  • 16th
  • 17th
  • 18th
  • 19th
Decades:
  • 1590s
  • 1600s
  • 1610s
  • 1620s
  • 1630s
See also:Other events of 1612
List of years in Ireland

Incumbent
  • Monarch: James I

Events
  • April 10 – a royal charter of King James VI and I creates the City and County of Londonderry, and The Honourable The Irish Society to run the new plantation.
  • The town of Roscommon is incorporated.[1]

Births
  • October 20 – Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington, cavalier and Lord High Treasurer of Ireland (d. 1698)
  • Edward King, poet (d. 1637)

Deaths
  • February 1 – Conor O'Devany, 8th Roman Catholic Bishop of Down and Connor, executed for high treason (b. c. 1532)
  • February 1 – Patrick O'Loughran, Roman Catholic priest, executed for high treason.

Publications
  • John Davies – Discoverie of the True Causes why Ireland was never entirely subdued.[sic]

References
  1. Lotz-Heumann, Ute (2004). "St John, Oliver, first Viscount Grandison of Limerick (1559–1630)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/24501. Retrieved 2012-10-15. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
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