1639 in Ireland

Events from the year 1639 in Ireland.

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Centuries:
  • 15th
  • 16th
  • 17th
  • 18th
  • 19th
Decades:
  • 1610s
  • 1620s
  • 1630s
  • 1640s
  • 1650s
See also:Other events of 1639
List of years in Ireland

Incumbent
  • Monarch: Charles I

Events
  • Richard Nugent, 1st Earl of Westmeath, builds Clonyn Castle overlooking Delvin, County Westmeath.[1]
  • Theobald Stapleton publishes (in Brussels) a catechism in the Early Modern Irish language, Catechismus seu doctrina christiana latino-hibernica or, in Irish, Cathcismus sen Adhon, an Teagasc Críostaí iar na foilsiú a Laidin & a Ngaoilaig. It is the first Roman Catholic book in which the Irish language is printed in the antiqua typeface and the first notable attempt to simplify Irish orthography.

Arts and literature
  • Autumn – James Shirley's play Saint Patrick for Ireland opens at the Werburgh Street Theatre in Dublin.

Deaths
  • March 8 – Edward King, Church of Ireland Bishop of Elphin
  • July 26 – Henry O'Brien, 5th Earl of Thomond, peer (b. 1588)
  • Approximate date – Muircheartach Óg Ó Cíonga, writer and priest (b. c.1562)

References
  1. Guides, Fodor's Travel (24 November 2015). Fodor's Ireland 2016. Fodor's Travel. ISBN 978-1-101-87907-8.


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