1631 in Ireland

Events from the year 1631 in Ireland.

1631
in
Ireland
Centuries:
  • 15th
  • 16th
  • 17th
  • 18th
  • 19th
Decades:
  • 1610s
  • 1620s
  • 1630s
  • 1640s
  • 1650s
See also:Other events of 1631
List of years in Ireland

Incumbent

  • Monarch: Charles I

Events

  • March 28 – the Morres Baronetcy, of Knockagh in the County of Tipperary, is created in the Baronetage of Ireland in favour of John Morres.
  • June 20 – Sack of Baltimore: the town of Baltimore, County Cork, is sacked by Algerian pirates.
  • December 22 – the titles of Viscount Clanmalier and Baron Phillipstown are created in the Peerage of Ireland in favour of Terence O'Dempsey.

Births

  • William Handcock, politician (d. 1707)

Deaths

  • April 18 – Henry Docwra, 1st Baron Docwra of Culmore, soldier, statesman and "the founder of Derry" (b. 1564)
  • November 7 – Patrick Fleming, Franciscan scholar (b. 1599)

References

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