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1615
Events from 1615 in Ireland.
Incumbent
Monarch: James I
Events
18 April – the "Native's Rebellion": Arthur Chichester, 1st Baron Chichester, Lord Deputy of Ireland, informs the Privy Council of England of a plot by Hugh McShane O'Neill, Brian Crossagh, Rory O'Cahan and Alexander McDonald to massacre Ulster planters and of the arrest of many conspirators.Moody, T. W. A New History of Ireland. 8: A Chronology of Irish History Oxford University Press 1989 978-0-19-821744-2 etalConspiracy: Ulster plots and plotters in 1615 Raymond Gillespie Belfast Ulster Society for Irish Historical Studies 1987 0853893039
25 April – convocation of the Church of Ireland ends, having adopted 104 Articles of Religion largely drafted by James Ussher.
31 July – Cú Chonnacht Ó Cianáin (having been racked) and five others are sentenced to hanging for their part in the insurrection.The Learned Family of Ó Cianáin/Keenan Nollaig Ó Muraíle Nollaig Ó Muraíle Clougher Record 387–436 2005
24 October – James I's Parliament of Ireland is dissolved (its third session having been held 18 April–16 May).
Act makes parishes responsible for road maintenance, labourers and cottiers to supply six days free labour annually.
Births
Thomas Dillon, 4th Viscount Dillon, politician (d. c.1672)
Katherine Jones, Viscountess Ranelagh, intellectual (d. 1691)
William Lamport, adventurer (d. 1659)
Alexander MacDonnell, 3rd Earl of Antrim, military commander (d. 1699)
Deaths
c. August – Cú Chonnacht Ó Cianáin, rymer and insurrectionist (hanged)
References
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