1341 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1341 in Ireland.
Incumbent
Events
- King Toirdhealbhach of Connacht captures Roscommon castle.[1]
- 23 January â Ross loses its rights as an open port.[2]
- 22 February â Alexander Bicknor, Archbishop of Dublin is appointed 'custos and acting justiciar.
- 16 March â John Morice is appointed deputy justiciar.
- 5 May â Elizabeth de Burgh, daughter of William Donn, 4th Earl of Ulster, is betrothed to Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence (see 9 September).
- 24 July â general resumption of all grants made since the death of Edward I.
- 27 July â ordinance excluding all but Englishmen beneficed in England from holding office in Ireland.
- 2 August â 2 October â deputy justicier campaigns in Leinster against Mac Murchada.
- 9 September â Elizabeth de Burgh and Lionel of Antwerp are married.
- October â parliament at Dublin is adjourned to Kilkenny (held in November). Petitions critical of administration are sent to Edward III.
- 25 November â order for examination of exchequer and its officials.
Deaths
- Richard de Havering (or Richard de Haverings), a medieval Roman Catholic clergyman who briefly became Archbishop of Dublin.
- Roger Utlagh, or Roger Outlawe (b. 1260) was a leading Irish cleric, judge and statesman who held the office of Lord Chancellor of Ireland.