1625 in Ireland

Events from the year 1625 in Ireland.

1625
in
Ireland
Centuries:
  • 15th
  • 16th
  • 17th
  • 18th
  • 19th
Decades:
  • 1600s
  • 1610s
  • 1620s
  • 1630s
  • 1640s
See also:Other events of 1625
List of years in Ireland

Incumbent

  • Monarch: James I (until 27 March), then Charles I

Events

  • March 21 – James Ussher is appointed Archbishop of Armagh (Church of Ireland) and Primate of All Ireland.
  • March 27 – Charles I becomes King of England, Scotland and Ireland upon the death of his father James I.
  • Castle at Ballycastle, County Antrim, rebuilt by Randal MacDonnell, 1st Earl of Antrim.[1]

Births

  • Dáibhí Ó Bruadair, poet (d. 1698)
  • approximate date – Sir George Bingham, 2nd Baronet, politician (d. 1682)

Deaths

  • February 19 – Arthur Chichester, 1st Baron Chichester, English administrator and soldier, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1563)
  • March 10 – Francis Edgeworth,[2] Clerk of the Crown and Hanaper in Ireland under James I
  • December 25 – Connor Roe Maguire (Conchubhar Rua Mag Uidhir) was an Irish Gaelic chief from Magherastephana, County Fermanagh, nicknamed the Queen's Maguire for supporting Elizabeth I's campaign in the Nine Years' War.[3]

References

  1. Johnson, Lee (2006). "The Castles of Ireland – Ulster Province : County Antrim". Ireland's History in Maps. Retrieved 2012-10-03.
  2. Inq. Rot. Hib. vol. II
  3. Breathnach, Diarmuid; Máire Ní Mhurchú. "Mag Uidhir, Brian Rua (1589–1633)". ainm.ie (in Irish). Cló Iar-Chonnacht. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
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