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Events from the year 1631 in Ireland.
Incumbent
Events
- March 28 – the Morres Baronetcy, of Knockagh in the County of Tipperary, is created in the Baronetage of Ireland in favour of John Morres.
- June 20 – Sack of Baltimore: the town of Baltimore, County Cork, is sacked by Algerian pirates.
- December 22 – the titles of Viscount Clanmalier and Baron Phillipstown are created in the Peerage of Ireland in favour of Terence O'Dempsey.
Births
- William Handcock, politician (d. 1707)
Deaths
- April 18 – Henry Docwra, 1st Baron Docwra of Culmore, soldier, statesman and "the founder of Derry" (b. 1564)
- November 7 – Patrick Fleming, Franciscan scholar (b. 1599)
References
- Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. Burke's Peerage Limited. 1885. p. 956. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
- Laughlin, Jim Mac (2010). Troubled Waters: A Social and Cultural History of Ireland's Sea Fisheries. Four Courts Press. p. 151. ISBN 978-1-84682-258-2. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
- Burke, Bernard (1866). A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire. Harrison. p. 408. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
- Johnston-Liik, E. M. (2002). History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800: Members of the Irish House of Commons. Ulster Historical Foundation. p. 358. ISBN 978-1-903688-71-7. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
- Stephen, Leslie; Lee, Sir Sidney (1908). The Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. p. 1046. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
- The Catholic Encyclopedia: Fathers-Gregory. Appleton. 1909. p. 100. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
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