1608 in Ireland

1608 in Ireland

Events

*Following the Flight of the Earls and angered by land confiscations for the plantation of Ulster, Cahir O'Doherty sacked and burned Derry and killed the Governor.
*Cahir O'Doherty was killed near Kilmacrenan following a skirmish with a force under Sir Richard Wingfield. [ [http://www.ireland.com/focus/earls/theflight/flight3.html ireland.com - In Focus - The Flight of the Earls ] ] His decapitated head was displayed in Dublin for some time afterwards.
*Original license to distil granted to the Old Bushmills Distillery by King James I.

Births

Deaths

*Cahir O'Doherty, last Gaelic Lord of Inishowen (b.1587).

References


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