1307 in Ireland explained

Events from the year 1307 in Ireland:

Incumbent

• Lord

Edward I (until 7 July), then Edward II

Events

• 10 July - Richard de Havering (or Richard de Haverings) (died 1341) was elected Archbishop of Dublin in March and appointed 10 July; although he received possession of the see's temporalities on 13 September, he was never consecrated and after enjoying the dignity and profits of the see resigned 21 November 1310.
• Donnchad Muimnech Ó Cellaigh, Lord of Uí Maine, killed most of the English of Roscommon at Ahascragh, in response to the burning of the town by Edmund Butler.^[1]
• Alexander de Bicknor appointed Lord Treasurer of Ireland

Deaths

• Thomas FitzGerald, 3rd Baron Desmond
• Donnchad Muimnech Ó Cellaigh

Notes and References

1. Anon. Annals of the Four Masters M1307.4