1614 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1614 in Ireland.
Incumbent
Events
- April 2 â James I rebukes a deputation from the Catholic opposition in the Parliament of Ireland.[1]
- June 22 â 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 â Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, royal statesman (d. 1686)
Deaths
- June 17 â William Bathe, Jesuit priest and linguist (b. 1564)
- November 15 â Giolla Brighde à hEoghusa (Bonaventura à hEoghusa or O'Hussey), poet and priest.[1]
- November 22 â Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormonde, Lord Treasurer of Ireland (b. c. 1513)