1344 in Ireland explained

The following is a list of events that occurred in the year 1344 in Ireland.

Incumbent

• Lord

Edward III

Events

• February 10 – Ralph d'Ufford is appointed Justiciar.
• April 20 – custody of the lands of the late Earl of Ormond is granted to the Earl of Desmond.
• April 24 – the 'Bonnaght', a treaty between Richard, Duke of York, Earl of Ulster and Henry, Son of Eoghan O'Neill, is sanctioned in Ulster.
• June 3 – Justiciar is ordered to resume and regrant all abandoned and waste lands.
• July 21 – Justiciar campaigns in south Leinster and Munster.
• October 21 – Pope Clement VI issues dispensation for marriage between Maurice fitz Thomas FitzGerald, Earl of Kildare, and Joan, daughter of the Earl of Desmond.
• James Bermingham became Bishop of Killala
• John Morice appointed Lord Chancellor of Ireland

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