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1622 in Ireland 
Summary
Events from the year 1622 in Ireland.
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Incumbent edit
Events edit
- 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 edit
- 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]
Births edit
Deaths edit
- 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.
References edit
- ^ Treadwell, Victor (2006). The Irish Commission of 1622: An Investigation of the Irish Administration, 1615-1622, and Its Consequences, 1623-1624. Irish Manuscripts Commission. ISBN 978-1-874280-63-7.
- ^ Lotz-Heumann, Ute (2004). "St John, Oliver, first Viscount Grandison of Limerick (1559–1630)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/24501. Retrieved 2012-10-15. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Kelsey, Sean (2004). "Cary, Henry, first Viscount Falkland (c.1575–1633)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/4837. Retrieved 2012-10-15. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Cokayne, George Edward (1900). Complete Baronetage, 1611 to 1800. Vol. I (1st ed.). Exeter: William Pollard & Co. p. 229, line 23. OCLC 866278985.
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 - ^ Cokayne, George Edward (1895). Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant. Vol. VI (1st ed.). London: George Bell and Sons. p. 410, line 22. OCLC 1180818801.
... being subsequently cr. [created] 5 Aug. 1622 Earl of Roscommon [I.].
– N to R - ^ Barry, Judy (October 2009). McGuire, James; Quinn, James (eds.). "Barnewall, Sir Patrick". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
- ^ Cokayne, George Edward (1926). Gibbs, Vicary (ed.). The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant. Vol. V (2nd ed.). London: The St Catherine Press. p. 543. OCLC 1042540479. – Eardley of Spalding to Goojerat