1651 in Ireland
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Events
- June - Re-start of the Siege of LimerickSiege of Limerick (1650-51)Limerick, in western Ireland was the scene of two sieges during the Irish Confederate Wars. The second and largest of these took place during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland in 1650-51. Limerick was one the last fortified cities held by an alliance of Irish Confederate Catholics and English...
by English Parliamentarian troops under Henry IretonHenry IretonHenry Ireton was an English general in the Parliamentary army during the English Civil War. He was the son-in-law of Oliver Cromwell.-Early life:...
. - July - Battle of KnocknaclashyBattle of KnocknaclashyThe battle of Knocknaclashy, took place in county Cork in southern Ireland in 1651. In it, an Irish Confederate force led by Donagh MacCarthy, Viscount Muskerry was defeated by an English Parliamentarian force under Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery...
. Irish force trying to relieve Limerick is routed. - August - Start of the Siege of GalwaySiege of GalwayThe Siege of Galway took place from August 1651 to May 1652 during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland. Galway was the last city held by Irish Catholic forces in Ireland and its fall signalled the end to most organised resistance to the Parliamentarian conquest of the country.The English...
English Parliamentarian army under Charles Coote blockades the city. - 27 October - Hugh Dubh O'NeillHugh Dubh O'NeillHugh Dubh O'Neill, 5th Earl of Tyrone was an Irish soldier of the seventeenth century. He is best known for his participation in the Irish Confederate Wars and in particular his defence of Clonmel in 1650.O'Neill was a member of the O'Neill dynasty, the leaders of which fled Ireland in the flight...
surrenders Limerick.
Births
- Robert RochfortEarl of BelvedereThe title Earl of Belvedere was created in 1756 in the Peerage of Ireland. The associated titles were Baron Bellfield and Viscount Bellfield...
, founder of RochfortbridgeRochfortbridgeRochfortbridge is a village in County Westmeath, Ireland, with a population of 1,473 persons. It is located at the intersection of the R400 and the N6 national primary route, which recently bypassed the village....
, MP for WestmeathCounty Westmeath-Economy:Westmeath has a strong agricultural economy. Initially, development occurred around the major market centres of Mullingar, Moate, and Kinnegad. Athlone developed due to its military significance, and its strategic location on the main Dublin–Galway route across the River Shannon. Mullingar...
, grandfather of Robert 1st Earl of BelvedereEarl of BelvedereThe title Earl of Belvedere was created in 1756 in the Peerage of Ireland. The associated titles were Baron Bellfield and Viscount Bellfield...
(d.17271727 in Ireland-Events:* 11 June - George II becomes King of Great Britain and Ireland upon the death of George I....
).
Deaths
- 31 October - Terence Albert O'BrienTerence Albert O'BrienTerence Albert O'Brien was an Irish Roman Catholic bishop of Emly. He was beatified among the Seventeen Irish Martyrs by Pope John Paul II on September 27, 1992.-Biography:...
, Roman Catholic BishopBishopA bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
of EmlyEmlyEmly or Emlybeg is a village in South Tipperary, Ireland. It is a civil parish in the historical barony of Clanwilliam. It is also an Ecclesiastical parish in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly....
, executed by the English Parliamentarians after the surrender of LImerick.
(b.1600
1600 in Ireland
-Births:*Heber MacMahon, Bishop of Down and Connor, later Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher .*Terence Albert O'Brien, Roman Catholic Bishop of Emly, executed ....
).
- 31 October - Dominic Fanning, Alderman of Limerick, executed by the English Parliamentarians after the surrender of LImerick.
- October - Henry IretonHenry IretonHenry Ireton was an English general in the Parliamentary army during the English Civil War. He was the son-in-law of Oliver Cromwell.-Early life:...
, English Parliamentarian commander, (b. 1611) died of disease after the fall of Limerick. - Richard Butler, 3rd Viscount MountgarretRichard Butler, 3rd Viscount MountgarretRichard Butler, 3rd Viscount Mountgarret was the son of Edmund Butler, 2nd Viscount Mountgarret and Grany or Grizzel, daughter of Barnaby Fitzpatrick, 1st Baron Upper Ossory...
(b.1578), Irish landowner and former Irish Confederate military commander.