1621 in Ireland

none November 2025 April 2022 May 2022 1621 Events from the year 1621 in Ireland. Incumbent Monarch: James I Events King James I of England claims royal inheritance of the whole of Upper Ossory in County Laois including the manor of Offerlane from the de Clare family at an inquisition held at Portlaoise. The king institutes a plantation of the area in 1626. 12 October: battle of starlings: two flocks of the birds gathered over the city of Cork and prepared for war like two trained armies before violently clashing. The attacks continued all day before a two-day recess until the fighting resumed. The fierce battle left the city deluged by broken wings and dead birds.Rutkowski Paweł 2019-09-26 Starlings, Whales and Herring: Animals as Portents in Early Modern England https://journals.akademicka.pl/studiahistoryczne/article/view/934 Studia Historyczne 61 1 (241) 45–58 10.12797/SH.61.2018.01.02 0025-1429 subscription free Births Charles O'Kelly—Soldier and writer who fought in the Williamite War in Ireland and wrote the only account of the battle of Aughrim by an area native. References Galway Authors, Helen Mahar, 1976 Category:1620s in Ireland Category:Years of the 17th century in Ireland