1637 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1637 in Ireland.
Contents
Events
- February - Mícheál Ó Cléirigh seeks approbation for the text of the Annals of the Four Masters from Thomas Fleming, Archbishop of Dublin (Roman Catholic), before carrying the manuscript to Leuven.[1]
- May 25 - Letters patent authorise 'Laudian statutes' for Trinity College, Dublin.[2]
- July 25 - Christopher Wandesford acquires an estate at Castlecomer, County Kilkenny.[2]
- August 10 - Edward King is drowned in the Irish Sea en route to visiting his family in Ireland, an event which inspires fellow poet Milton's elegy Lycidas.
- December 22 - A charter incorporates the guild of goldsmiths in Dublin[2] and the Dublin Assay Office is established.
Births
- Sir Stephen Rice, lawyer (d. 1715)
- Approximate date - Richard Head, writer and bookseller (d. c.1686)
Deaths
- August 10 - Edward King, poet (b. 1612)
- Sir Nathaniel Catelyn, lawyer and politician (b. c.1580)
References
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