1625 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1625 in Ireland.
Incumbent
Events
- March 21 – James Ussher is appointed Archbishop of Armagh (Church of Ireland) and Primate of All Ireland.
- March 27 – Charles I becomes King of England, Scotland and Ireland upon the death of his father James I.
- Castle at Ballycastle, County Antrim, rebuilt by Randal MacDonnell, 1st Earl of Antrim.[1]
Births
- November 8 – Mary Rich, Countess of Warwick, née Boyle, courtier and diarist (d. 1678 in England)
- Dáibhí Ó Bruadair, poet (d. 1698)
- approximate date – Sir George Bingham, 2nd Baronet, politician (d. 1682)
Deaths
- February 19 – Arthur Chichester, 1st Baron Chichester, English administrator and soldier, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1563)
- March 10 – Francis Edgeworth,[2] Clerk of the Crown and Hanaper in Ireland under James I
- December 25 – Connor Roe Maguire (Conchubhar Rua Mag Uidhir) was an Irish Gaelic chief from Magherastephana, County Fermanagh, nicknamed the Queen's Maguire for supporting Elizabeth I's campaign in the Nine Years' War.[3]