1612 in Ireland explained

Events from the year 1612 in Ireland.

Incumbent

• Monarch

James I

Events

• April 10 – a royal charter of King James VI and I creates the City and County of Londonderry, and The Honourable The Irish Society to run the new plantation.
• The town of Roscommon is incorporated.^[1]

Births

• October 20 – Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington, cavalier and Lord High Treasurer of Ireland (d. 1698)
• Edward King, poet (d. 1637)

Deaths

• February 1 – Conor O'Devany, 8th Roman Catholic Bishop of Down and Connor, executed for high treason (b. c. 1532)
• February 1 – Patrick O'Loughran, Roman Catholic priest, executed for high treason.

Publications

• John Davies – Discoverie of the True Causes why Ireland was never entirely subdued.[sic]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ute Lotz-Heumann. Ute. Lotz-Heumann. St John, Oliver, first Viscount Grandison of Limerick (1559–1630). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. 2004. 2012-10-15. 10.1093/ref:odnb/24501.