1626 in Ireland
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Events
- King Charles I of England and Scotland instituted a plantation in Upper Ossory in County LaoisCounty LaoisCounty Laois is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Midlands Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It was formerly known as Queen's County until the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922. The county's name was formerly spelt as Laoighis and Leix. Laois County Council...
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Deaths
- 22 September - Hugh MacCaghwellHugh MacCaghwellAodh Mac Cathmhaoil, , anglicised as Hugh MacCaghwell , was an Irish Franciscan theologian and archbishop of Armagh...
, Franciscan theologian and archbishop (born 15711571 in Ireland-Events:*February - John Perrot is made Lord President of Munster.*First printing in the Irish language in Dublin....
) - Date unknown - Niall Garve O'DonnellNiall Garve O'DonnellNiall Garbh Ó Domhnaill anglicised as Niall Garve O'Donnell . He is best known for siding with the English against his kinsman Hugh Roe O'Donnell during the Nine Years' War in the 1590s....
, last Prince of Tyrconnell (born 15691569 in Ireland-Births:* Date unknown - Niall Garve O'Donnell, last Prince of Tyrconnell * Seathrún Céitinn , known in English as Geoffrey Keating, was born in Burgess, Ballylooby, just outside Cahir in County Tipperary....
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