1615 in Ireland

Events from 1615 in Ireland.

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Centuries:
  • 15th
  • 16th
  • 17th
  • 18th
  • 19th
Decades:
  • 1590s
  • 1600s
  • 1610s
  • 1620s
  • 1630s
See also:Other events of 1615
List of years in Ireland

Incumbent
  • Monarch: James I

Events
  • 18 April – the "Native's Rebellion": Arthur Chichester, 1st Baron Chichester, Lord Deputy of Ireland, informs the Privy Council of England of a plot by Hugh McShane O'Neill, Brian Crossagh, Rory O'Cahan and Alexander McDonald to massacre Ulster planters and of the arrest of many conspirators.[1][2]
  • 25 April – convocation of the Church of Ireland ends, having adopted 104 Articles of Religion[1] largely drafted by James Ussher.
  • 31 July – Cú Chonnacht Ó Cianáin (having been racked) and five others are sentenced to hanging for their part in the insurrection.[3]
  • 24 October – James I's Parliament of Ireland is dissolved (its third session having been held 18 April–16 May).[1]
  • Act makes parishes responsible for road maintenance, labourers and cottiers to supply six days free labour annually.[1]

Births
  • Thomas Dillon, 4th Viscount Dillon, politician (d. c.1672)
  • Katherine Jones, Viscountess Ranelagh, intellectual (d. 1691)
  • William Lamport, adventurer (d. 1659)
  • Alexander MacDonnell, 3rd Earl of Antrim, military commander (d. 1699)

Deaths
  • c. August – Cú Chonnacht Ó Cianáin, rymer and insurrectionist (hanged)

References
  1. Moody, T. W.; et al., eds. (1989). A New History of Ireland. 8: A Chronology of Irish History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-821744-2.
  2. Gillespie, Raymond (1987). Conspiracy: Ulster plots and plotters in 1615. Belfast: Ulster Society for Irish Historical Studies. ISBN 0853893039.
  3. Ó Muraíle, Nollaig (2005). "The Learned Family of Ó Cianáin/Keenan". Clougher Record: 387–436.
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