1640 in Ireland

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Events from the year 1640 in Ireland.

Incumbent

• Monarch: Charles I

Events

• 5 December – John Atherton, Church of Ireland Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, and his proctor are executed on a charge of buggery, on Saint Stephen's Green, Dublin.^[1][2]
• Approximate date – Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh transcribes the only surviving copy of the Chronicon Scotorum.

Arts and literature

• 17 March (Saint Patrick's Day) – Henry Burnell's play Landgartha premieres at the Werburgh Street Theatre in Dublin.^[3] It is one of the earliest dramatic works from a native Irish playwright.
• James Shirley's play Saint Patrick for Ireland is published.^[4] The author returns to England around 16 April.

Births

• 29 June – Elizabeth Stanhope, Countess of Chesterfield (d. 1665 in England)^[5]
• Thomas Beecher, politician and soldier (d. 1709)^[6]
• Charles Molloy, lawyer (d. 1690)^[7]
• Approximate date
  • Thomas Knox, politician (d. 1728)
  • Philip Og O'Reilly, politician (d. 1703)

Deaths

• 5 December – John Atherton, Bishop of Waterford and Lismore (b. 1598)

References

1. Norris, David (17 May 2009). "Changing Attitudes: address ... at the service to mark International day against homophobia ... in Christ Church Cathedral". Senator David Norris. Archived from the original on 6 June 2009. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
2. Connolly, S. J. (28 August 2008). Divided Kingdom: Ireland 1630-1800. OUP Oxford. p. 28. ISBN 978-0-19-156243-3. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
3. Gillespie, Raymond; Hadfield, Andrew (2 February 2006). The Oxford History of the Irish Book, Volume III: The Irish Book in English, 1550-1800. OUP Oxford. p. 324. ISBN 978-0-19-151433-3. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
4. Stelling, Lieke; Hendrix, Harald; Richardson, Todd (5 January 2012). The Turn of the Soul: Representations of Religious Conversion in Early Modern Art and Literature. BRILL. p. 199. ISBN 978-90-04-21856-7. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
5. Lodge, John; Archdall, Mervyn (1789). The Peerage Of Ireland: Or,A Genealogical History Of The Present Nobility Of That Kingdom: With Engravings Of Their Paternal Coats Of Arms : Collected from Public Records, Authentic Manuscripts, Approved Historians, Well-attested Pedigrees and Personal Information. Moore. p. 57. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
6. Johnston-Liik, E. M. (2006). MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800. Ulster Historical Foundation. p. 69. ISBN 978-1-903688-60-1. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
7. Read, Charles Anderson (1880). The Cabinet of Irish Literature: Selections from the Works of the Chief Poets, Orators, and Prose Writers of Ireland ; with Biographical Sketches and Literary Notices. Blackie. p. 222. Retrieved 9 December 2024.