- 1337 in Ireland
Events
* Peace established between Richard de Burgh and Brian Ban O Briain
* Ruaidhri O Ceallaigh ofUi Maine defeats and captures King Toirdhealbhach ofConnacht
* "A peace was concluded between William, son of the Earl of Ulster, and Brian Bún (the Fair) O'Brien; and the lands which O'Brien had taken from the son of the Earl were given back to him at their former rent."
* "A camp was pitched at Athleague by the King of Connaught, to oppose Edmond Burke"
* Following the death of Teige Mac Clancy "Great depredations were afterwards committed in Dartry by O'Conor; and the son of Maurice Mac Clancy was killed while in pursuit of the preys."
* "Teige and Melaghlin, two sons of Ivor Mac Rannall, were taken prisoners by Cathal Mac Rannall. Cathal was afterwards slain by their kinsmen, who, having collected a considerable force, being joined by William Mac Mahon, and by Conor and Tomaltagh, the two other sons of Ivor Mac Rannall, went to rescue the sons of Ivor. Manus O'Farrell was slain by them on the same day. Teige, the son of Ivor Mac Rannall, was then made chieftain."
* "Hugh Reamhar O'Neill made peace with the people of Oriel andFermanagh ."
*Richard FitzRalph arrives at papal court,Avignon (see 1344)
*March 3 Ordinance by KingEdward III of England and council in parliament atWestminister that landholders in Ireland should pay subsidy for defence of their marches
*March 24 Irishmen enjoying English law granted access to Anglo-Irish religious houses.
*July 28 John de Charleton de Powys appointedjusticiar
* c.September Richard de Mandeville raidsIsle of Man
*October 14 Justiciar John de Charleton de Powys arrived in IrelandBirths
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Deaths
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6 January -James Butler, 1st Earl of Ormonde .Full date unknown
* Lughaidh O'Daly, Bishop of
Clonmacnoise , "died after a well-spent life."
* Tomas mac Cormac O'Donnell,Bishop of Raphoe , "a man eminent for wisdom and piety"
* "The Master Professor O'Rothlain."
* John O Fallon, Lord of Clann-Uadagh (barony ofAthlone ,County Roscommon )
* Teige Mac Clancy, lord of Dartraige, "was slain by Cormac mac Rory mac Donnell O'Conor, as were also numbers of others, in revenge of John, the son of Donnell."
* Donnell Roe O'Malley "and Cormac, his son, were slain on St. Martin's night by Clann-Merrick, and other Englishmen who were along with them."
* Matthew O'Higgin "a man eminent for poetry and humanity, died."
* Henry Mac Martin "was slain."
* Donough mac Murtough More Mageoghegan", Lord of Kinel-Fiachach, was slain by the people of Offaly."
* Donough More O'Dowda, "Tanist of Hy-Fiachrach"References
*"The Annals of Ireland by Friar John Clyn", edited and translated with an Introduction, by Bernadette Williams, Four Courts Press, 2007. ISBN 978 1 84682 034 2, pp. 240-244.
*"A New History of Ireland VIII: A Chronology of Irish History to 1976", edited byT. W. Moody , F.X. Martin and F.J. Byrne. Oxford, 1982. ISBN 0 19 821744 7.
*http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100001B/index.html
*http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005C/index.html
*http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100010B/index.html
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