1643 in Ireland explained

Events from the year 1643 in Ireland.

Incumbent

• Monarch

Charles I

Events

• March 18 – Irish Confederate Wars: Battle of New Ross: James Butler, Earl of Ormonde, defeats Thomas Preston and a numerically superior Irish Confederate army north of the town of New Ross.
• June 4 – Confederate Wars: Battle of Funcheon Ford: Catholic Confederation commander James Tuchet, 3rd Earl of Castlehaven's horsemen surprise and rout hundreds of Baron Inchiquin's men near Castlelyons in County Cork.^{[1] [2] [3]}
• September – Confederate Wars: "Cessation" (i.e. ceasefire) arranged by Ormond places the greater part of Ireland into the hands of the Catholic Confederation.
• An Calbhach mac Aedh Ó Conchobhair Donn, The Ó Conchubhair Donn, Chief of the Name of the Clan Ó Conchubhair, is popularly inaugurated as King.

Deaths

• September 15 – Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, Lord High Treasurer of Ireland (b. 1566)
• Mícheál Ó Cléirigh, chronicler and chief author of the Annals of the Four Masters (b. c. 1590)

Notes and References

1. Book: Bagwell, Richard. Richard Bagwell. O'Brien, Murrough (1614–1674). Dictionary of National Biography. https://archive.org/stream/dictionaryofnati41stepuoft#page/320/mode/2up. London. Smith, Elder. XVI. 321. Cites Castlehaven's Memoirs, p. 40.
2. Book: Smith, Charles. 1815. The Ancient and Present State of the County and City of Cork. III. 146–8.
3. Web site: Battles of the Eleven Years War. Inchiquin. 2012-07-10.