1622 in Ireland

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Map of Derry, 1622.

Events from the year 1622 in Ireland.

Incumbent

• Monarch: James I

Events

• 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

• 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

Deaths

• 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

1. 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.
2. 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.)
3. 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.)
4. 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
5. 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
6. Barry, Judy (October 2009). McGuire, James; Quinn, James (eds.). "Barnewall, Sir Patrick". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
7. 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