1605 in Ireland

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Events from the year 1605 in Ireland.

Incumbent

• Monarch: James I

Events

• 3 February – Sir Arthur Chichester is appointed Lord Deputy of Ireland, an office he will hold for a decade.^[1]
• 11 March – a proclamation declares all people of Ireland to be the direct subjects of the British Crown and not of any local lord or chief.^[1]
• 4 July – a proclamation commands all Roman Catholic seminary priests and Jesuits to leave the country by 10 December and directs the laity to attend Church of Ireland services.^[1]
• 14 October – Thomas Jones is appointed to succeed Adam Loftus as Lord Chancellor of Ireland.^[2]
• 8 November – Thomas Jones is appointed to succeed Adam Loftus as Archbishop of Dublin (Church of Ireland).^[2]
• November – Scottish adventurer James Hamilton is granted the lordship of Upper (South) Clandeboye and the Great Ardes in the north of County Down by King James VI and I.^[3][4]
• The Irish College in Paris is co-founded by John Lee, an Irish priest, and John de l'Escalopier, President of the Parlement.
• Refugee French Huguenot merchants begin to settle in Dublin and Waterford.^[5]

Births

• Raymond Caron, Franciscan friar and author (d. 1666)
• Lady Hester Pulter, born Hester Ley, poet (d. 1678 in England)
• Approximate date – James Dillon, 3rd Earl of Roscommon (d. 1649)

Deaths

• 5 April – Adam Loftus, Archbishop of Dublin (Church of Ireland) and Lord Chancellor of Ireland (b. c.1533)
• 24 September – Sir George Bourchier, soldier and politician (b. 1535)
• Tadhg O'Rourke, King of West Breifne

References

1. Moody, T. W.; et al., eds. (1989). A New History of Ireland. 8: A Chronology of Irish History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-821744-2.
2. Walshe, Helen Coburn (2004). "Jones, Thomas (c.1550–1619)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/15086. Retrieved 2012-08-17. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
3. "The Settlement Story. Part three: Jailbreak, Rivalry and Plot!". Hamilton & Montgomery Settlement 1606. Ulster-Scots Agency. March 2006. Archived from the original on 2008-07-05. Retrieved 2012-08-17.
4. Hunter, R. J. (2004). "Hamilton, James, first Viscount Claneboye (c.1560–1644)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/12086. Retrieved 2009-03-22.
5. "Huguenot Timeline". Genealogy Forum. Armada, Michigan. January 2006. Archived from the original on 2012-01-17. Retrieved 2013-11-19.