1331 in Ireland explained

Events from the year 1331 in Ireland.

Incumbent

"A hosting by the Connachtmen, both Foreigner and Gaidhel, into Munster, against Mac Conmara. Pledge and sway were gained by them on Mac Conmara. A church was burned by a party of the host, wherein were two score and one hundred persons, both noble and base and two priests were of them and those all were burned."
"Ten of the people of Donnchadh the Swarthy, son of Mael-Shechlainn Carrach Mac Diarmata, were drowned on Loch-Teiched."
January 21 Parliament at Dublin
February 27 Anthony de Luci appointed justicier
March 3 William de Burgh, Earl of Ulster, appointed lieutenant. Ordinances for Conduct of Irish government includes a decree that there should be one law for Irish and Anglo-Irish, except for betaghs
April 21 Irish raid and capture Arklow
April 25 Irish raid Tallaght
Irish raids in County Wexford.
July 1 Irish Parliament meets at Dublin
August Irish raid and capture Ferns
August 16 Earl of Desmond captured by Justiciar at Limerick
Edward III plans expedition to Ireland for 1332
September Henry de Mandeville arrested
Walter de Burgh defeats Tommaltach Mac Diarmata in Moylurg
November Walter de Burgh arrested and imprisoned by the Earl of Ulster

"The Annals of Ireland by Friar John Clyn", edited and translated with an Introduction, by Bernadette Williams, Four Courts Press, 2007., pp. 240–244.
"A New History of Ireland VIII: A Chronology of Irish History to 1976", edited by T. W. Moody, F.X. Martin and F.J. Byrne. Oxford, 1982. .
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