1653 in Ireland
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Events

  • April 27 - The last Irish forces (the remnants of the Confederate's Ulster Army, led by Philip O'Reilly) formally surrendered at Cloughoughter in County Cavan
    County Cavan
    County Cavan is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Border Region and is also located in the province of Ulster. It is named after the town of Cavan. Cavan County Council is the local authority for the county...

     to the Cromwellian army ending the Confederate Wars
    Irish Confederate Wars
    This article is concerned with the military history of Ireland from 1641-53. For the political context of this conflict, see Confederate Ireland....


  • 16 December - Cromwell proclaimed Lord Protector
    Lord Protector
    Lord Protector is a title used in British constitutional law for certain heads of state at different periods of history. It is also a particular title for the British Heads of State in respect to the established church...

     of England, Scotland and Ireland.

Deaths

August
  • Phelim O'Neill - hanged in Dublin by the English Parliamentarians for his role in the Irish Rebellion of 1641
    Irish Rebellion of 1641
    The Irish Rebellion of 1641 began as an attempted coup d'état by Irish Catholic gentry, who tried to seize control of the English administration in Ireland to force concessions for the Catholics living under English rule...

  • Piaras Feiritéar
    Piaras Feiritéar
    Piaras Feiritéar was an Irish poet.Feiritéar was a Norman-Irish lord of Baile an Fheirtéaraigh in Corca Dhuibhne. Although best known as a poet, it was his role as a leader of the nascent Catholic Irish community of Norman- and Gaelic- Irish origin which ultimately lead to his execution in...

    - poet, hanged in Killarney by the English Parliamentarians for his role in the Rebellion of 1641.
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