Events from the year 1349 in Ireland.

Incumbent

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: Edward III

Events

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to March – the Black Death: ''"The pestilence gathered strength in Kilkenny during

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... there was scarcely a house in which only one died."''Williams, Dr. Bernadette. (2007).''The Annals of Ireland by Friar John Clyn''. Dublin: Four Courts Press. *Flaithbheartach Domnall Carrach Ó Ruairc deposed from kingship of

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. *In the dispute over the

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, Archbishop of Armagh, acting on letters of King

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specifically allowing him to do so, enters

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"with the cross erect before him". He is opposed by the prior of

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on the instructions of

Alexander de Bicknor Alexander de Bicknor (1260s? – 14 July 1349; usually spelt "Bykenore" in original Middle English sources) was an official in the Plantagenet kingdom under Edward I of England, Edward II of England, and Edward III of England. Best known to histor ...

, Archbishop of Dublin, and forced to withdraw to Drogheda.

Births

Deaths

*After June – Friar

John Clyn John Clyn, O.F.M. (c. 1286 – c. 1349), of the Friars Minor, Kilkenny, was a 14th-century Irish friar and chronicler who lived at the time of the Black Death. Background Clyn was probably born in Leinster some years prior to 1300, possibly a ...

. * 14 July –

, Archbishop of Dublin. *Risdeard mac Giolla Iosa Ruaidh Ó Raghallaigh, Lord of East Breifne.

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, 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:1349 In Ireland 1340s in Ireland

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Years of the 14th century in Ireland