1647 in Ireland

1647 in Ireland

Events

*July - James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde surrenders Dublin to parliamentary forces under Michael Jones [cite book | last=Moody, TW & Martin, FX (eds)| year=1967 |title=The Course of Irish History | publisher=The Mercier Press | location=Cork, Ireland | pages=p 372] .
*August - Battle of Dungan's Hill, Confederate Ireland army intercepted on a march towards Dublin and destroyed by Parliamentary army.
*September - Murrough O'Brien, 1st Earl of Inchiquin slaughters garrison at Cashel and subsequently devastates Catholic held Munster.
*November - Battle of Knocknanuss, Murrough O'Brien, 1st Earl of Inchiquin's Parliamentarian army inflicts crushing defeat on Confederate Ireland’s Munster army.

Births

Deaths

*13 September - Theobald Stapleton, priest and writer, put to death at Cashel (b.1589).
*Garret Barry, soldier, served in the Eighty Years' War and the Irish Confederate Wars, military writer.
*Col Ciotach, adventurer of Clan Donald, Laird of Colonsay (b.1570).
*Alasdair MacColla, Scottish/Irish soldier, son of Colla Ciotach, killed at the battle of Knocknanuss.

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