1333 in Ireland explained

Events from the year 1333 in Ireland.

Incumbent

• Lord: Edward III

Events

• Maurice FitzGerald, 1st Earl of Desmond, released
  • Conchobhar O Domhnaill succeeds his father, Áed, as King of Tír Conaill Ó Ceallaigh of Uí Maine at war with Ó Conchobhair
• Donnchadh mac Aedh Ó Ceallaigh captured and imprisoned by King Toirdhelbach of Connacht
• Friar John Clyn (d. 1349) begins his chronicle, "The Annals of Ireland"
• Clanricarde dynasty established in Connacht

Deaths

• 6 June – William Donn de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster, murdered in the Burke Civil War
• Tomaltach mac Donnchadh Mac Diarmata, lord of Tir Ailella
• King Áed of Tír Conaill; "after taking the habit of a Grey Cistercian monk upon him, died in his own strong hold and was buried in the church of the Monastery of Eassa Ruadh."
• Gilbert Mac Goisdelb "in the centre of his own castle" by Cathal Mac Diarmata Gall
• Aedh Mac Con Shnama
• Domnall Mac Con Shnama, chief of Muinter-Cinaith
• Mac an Ridhre (son of the knight) Mag Fhlannchadha, "material of a chief of Dartraighi, was killed by the Connachtmen."
• Richard Huskard, Norman settler

References

• "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. .
• http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100001B/index.html
• http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005C/index.html
• http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100010B/index.html