Events from the year 1331 in Ireland.

Incumbent

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Edward III Edward III (13 November 1312 – 21 June 1377), also known as Edward of Windsor before his accession, was King of England and Lord of Ireland from January 1327 until his death in 1377. He is noted for his military success and for restoring r ...

Events

* ''"A hosting by the Connachtmen, both Foreigner and Gaidhel, into Munster, against Mac Conmara. Pledge and sway were gained by them on Mac Conmara. A church was burned by a party of the host, wherein were two score and one hundred persons, both noble and base and two priests were of them and those all were burned."'' * ''"Ten of the people of Donnchadh the Swarthy, son of Mael-Shechlainn Carrach Mac Diarmata, were drowned on Loch-Teiched."'' * January 21

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* February 27

Anthony de Luci Anthony de Lucy, 1st Baron Lucy (also spelt Luci; 1283–10 June 1343) was an English nobleman who served as warden of Carlisle Castle and Chief Justiciar of Ireland. Biography Lord Lucy's coat of arms. The fish are pikes, and thus form a ...

appointed justicier * March 3 William de Burgh,

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, appointed lieutenant. Ordinances for Conduct of Irish government includes a decree that there should be one law for Irish and

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, except for betaghs * April 21 Irish raid and capture Arklow * April 25 Irish raid

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* Irish raids in

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. * July 1 Irish Parliament meets at

* August Irish raid and capture Ferns * August 16

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captured by Justiciar at

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* Edward III plans expedition to Ireland for 1332 * September Henry de Mandeville arrested * Walter de Burgh defeats Tommaltach Mac Diarmata in Moylurg * November Walter de Burgh arrested and imprisoned by the

Births

*4 October –

James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormonde James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormond (4 October 133118 October 1382) was a noble in the Peerage of Ireland. He was Lord Justice of Ireland in 1359, 1364, and 1376, and a dominant political leader in Ireland in the 1360s and 1370s. The son of James Bu ...

, Lord Justice of Ireland (died

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Deaths

* Tadhg mac Cathal mac Domnall Ua Conchobair ''rested in Christ''

References

*''"The Annals of Ireland by Friar John Clyn"'', edited and translated with an Introduction, by Bernadette Williams, Four Courts Press, 2007. , pp. 240–244. *''"A New History of Ireland VIII: A Chronology of Irish History to 1976"'', edited by

T. W. Moody Theodore William Moody (26 November 1907 – 11 February 1984) was a historian from Belfast, Northern Ireland. Background Early life Moody was born in Belfast, to a poor family who made their living from dressmaking and iron turning and wa ...

, F.X. Martin and F.J. Byrne. Oxford, 1982. . *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 {{DEFAULTSORT:1331 In Ireland 1330s in Ireland

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Years of the 14th century in Ireland