1622 in Ireland explained

Events from the year 1622 in Ireland.

Incumbent

• Monarch

James I

Events

• A royal commission of inquiry into the Dublin Castle administration is sent from England, headed by Dudley Digges and including James Perrot.^[1]
• 18 April – Oliver St John surrenders the office of Lord Deputy of Ireland. He had served since 1616.^[2]
• 18 September – Henry Cary, 1st Viscount Falkland, is sworn in as Lord Deputy of Ireland.^[3]
• Thomas Dease is consecrated Roman Catholic Bishop of Meath, returning to Ireland from Paris.
• Frederick Hamilton is given lands in Leitrim.

Honours

• January – The Courtenay Baronetcy of Newcastle, County Limerick, is created for George Courtenay.^[4]
• 3 May – The Montgomery Viscountcy of the Great Ards in the Peerage of Ireland is created for Hugh Montgomery.
• 5 August – The Earldom of Roscommon is created for James Dillon.^[5]

Deaths

• 16 January – Patrick Barnewall, who objected to recusancy fees.^[6]
• 10 November – Henry Folliott, 1st Baron Folliott, who settled in Ballyshannon and developed the area around it (b. c.1568).^[7]
• 14 November – Miler Magrath, who was Catholic Bishop of Down and Connor 1565 - 1580 but converted and became Church of Ireland Archbishop of Cashel since 1571 (b. c.1523)
• Henry MacShane O'Neill, who was an Irish flaith and son of Shane O'Neill.

Notes and References

1. Book: Treadwell . Victor . The Irish Commission of 1622: An Investigation of the Irish Administration, 1615-1622, and Its Consequences, 1623-1624 . 2006 . Irish Manuscripts Commission . 978-1-874280-63-7.
2. Ute Lotz-Heumann. Ute. Lotz-Heumann. St John, Oliver, first Viscount Grandison of Limerick (1559–1630). 2004. 2012-10-15. 10.1093/ref:odnb/24501.
3. Sean. Kelsey. Cary, Henry, first Viscount Falkland (c.1575–1633). 2004. 2012-10-15. 10.1093/ref:odnb/4837.
4. Book: Cokayne, George Edward . George Edward Cokayne . 1900 . Complete Baronetage, 1611 to 1800 . 1st . I . William Pollard & Co . Exeter . 866278985 . 229, line 23 . I. 1622? 'George Courtenay, Esq. of Newcastle, co. Limerick' was cr. [created] a Bart. [I. (Ireland)] as above, presumably in Jan. 1621/22, the Privy Seal being dat. at Westm., 10 Dec. 1621. . – 1611 to 1625
5. Book: Cokayne, George Edward . George Edward Cokayne . 1895 . Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant . 1st . VI . . London . 1180818801 . 410, line 22 . ... being subsequently cr. [created] 5 Aug. 1622 Earl of Roscommon [I.]. . – N to R
6. Web site: Barry . Judy . McGuire . James . Quinn . James . October 2009 . Barnewall, Sir Patrick . . 30 October 2023.
7. Book: Cokayne, George Edward . George Edward Cokayne . Gibbs . Vicary . Vicary Gibbs (St Albans MP) . 1926 . The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant . 2nd . V . The St Catherine Press . London . 1042540479 . 543 . – Eardley of Spalding to Goojerat