1640 in Ireland

Events from the year 1640 in Ireland.

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Centuries:
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  • 19th
Decades:
  • 1620s
  • 1630s
  • 1640s
  • 1650s
  • 1660s
See also:Other events of 1640
List of years in Ireland

Incumbent
  • Monarch: Charles I

Events
  • 5 December – John Atherton, Church of Ireland Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, and his proctor are executed on a charge of buggery, on Saint Stephen's Green, Dublin.[1]
  • Approximate date – Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh transcribes the only surviving copy of the Chronicon Scotorum.

Arts and literature
  • 17 March (Saint Patrick's Day) – Henry Burnell's play Landgartha premieres at the Werburgh Street Theatre in Dublin. It is one of the earliest dramatic works from a native Irish playwright.
  • James Shirley's play Saint Patrick for Ireland is published. The author returns to England around 16 April.

Births
  • 29 June – Elizabeth Stanhope, Countess of Chesterfield (d. 1665 in England)
  • Thomas Beecher, politician and soldier (d. 1709)
  • Charles Molloy, lawyer (d. 1690)
  • Approximate date
    • Thomas Knox, politician (d. 1728)
    • Philip Og O'Reilly, politician (d. 1703)

Deaths
  • 5 December – John Atherton, Bishop of Waterford and Lismore (b. 1598)

References
  1. Norris, David (17 May 2009). "Changing Attitudes: address ... at the service to mark International day against homophobia ... in Christ Church Cathedral". Senator David Norris. Archived from the original on 6 June 2009. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
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