1643 in Ireland
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Events
- 18 March - Irish Confederate Wars: Battle of New Ross: James Butler, Earl of Ormonde, defeats Thomas Preston and a numerically superior Irish Confederate army north of the town of New Ross.
- 4 June - Confederate Wars: Battle of Funcheon Ford: Catholic Confederation commander James Tuchet, 3rd Earl of Castlehaven's horsemen surprise and rout hundreds of Baron Inchiquin's men near Castlelyons in County Cork.[1][2][3]
- September - Confederate Wars: "Cessation" (i.e. ceasefire) arranged by Ormond gives the greater part of Ireland into the hands of the Catholic Confederation.
- An Calbhach mac Aedh Ó Conchobhair Donn, The Ó Conchubhair Donn, Chief of the Name of the Clan Ó Conchubhair, is popularly inaugurated as King.
Births
Deaths
- 15 September - Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, Lord High Treasurer of Ireland (born 1566).
- Mícheál Ó Cléirigh, chronicler and chief author of the Annals of the Four Masters (b.c1590).
References
- ↑ Bagwell, Richard. "O'Brien, Murrough (1614-1674)". Dictionary of National Biography XVI. London: Smith, Elder. p. 321. Cites Castlehaven's Memoirs, p. 40.
- ↑ Smith, Charles (1815). The Ancient and Present State of the County and City of Cork III. pp. 146–8.
- ↑ "Battles of the Eleven Years War". Inchiquin. Retrieved 2012-07-10.
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