1614 in Ireland explained

Events from the year 1614 in Ireland.

Incumbent

• Monarch

James I

Events

• April 2 – James I rebukes a deputation from the Catholic opposition in the Parliament of Ireland.^[1]
• June 22 – the Synod of Kilkenny regulates discipline and practice in the Catholic Province of Dublin.^[1]
• The Irish Parliament passed the Highways Act which required local parishes to maintain roads within their boundaries serving market towns.

Arts and literature

• Dermod O'Meara produces the first book of Latin verse published in Ireland, Ormonius.

Births

• July 10 – Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, royal statesman (d. 1686)

Deaths

• June 17 – William Bathe, Jesuit priest and linguist (b. 1564)
• November 15 – Giolla Brighde Ó hEoghusa (Bonaventura Ó hEoghusa or O'Hussey), poet and priest.^[1]
• November 22 – Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormonde, Lord Treasurer of Ireland (b. c. 1513)

Notes and References

1. Book: Moody, T. W.. A New History of Ireland. 8: A Chronology of Irish History. Oxford University Press. 1989. 978-0-19-821744-2. etal.