1652 in Ireland

1652 in Ireland

Events

* May 12 - Siege of Galway - Thomas Preston, the military governor of Galway, surrenders the city to English Parliamentarians commanded by Charles Coote. Galway was the last city held by Irish Catholic forces.
* May - The largest Irish guerrilla forces under John Fitzpatrick (in Leinster), Edmund O'Dwyer (in Munster) and Edmund Daly (in Connacht) surrender, under terms signed at Kilkenny, allowing Irish troops to go abroad to serve in foreign armies not at war with the Commonwealth of England.

* 12 August - The Parliament of England passes the Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652.

Births

Deaths

*Teige MacDaire, Gaelic poet and historian, killed by soldiers of Oliver Cromwell’s army (b.1570).


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