Events from the year 1645 in Ireland.

Incumbent

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Events

* Irish Confederate Wars: Lismore town and castle are sacked by a force of the

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commanded by Lord Castlehaven. * January 20–

March 18 Events Pre-1600 * 37 – Roman Senate annuls Tiberius' will and proclaims Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ''(aka Caligula = Little Boots)'' emperor.Tacitus, ''Annals'' V.10. * 1068 – An earthquake in the Levant and the Ara ...

–

Siege of Duncannon The siege of Duncannon took place in 1645, during the Irish Confederate Wars. An Irish Catholic Confederate army under Thomas Preston besieged and successfully took the town of Duncannon in County Wexford from an English Parliamentaria ...

: Confederate general Thomas Preston takes

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. * April 23 (

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) –

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: one hundred and fifty Irish soldiers bound for service with King

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are captured at sea by Parliamentarians and killed at Pembroke in

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. *

October 27 Events Pre-1600 * 312 – Constantine is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross. * 1275 – Traditional founding of the city of Amsterdam. * 1524 – French troops lay siege to Pavia. * 1553 – Condemned as ...

– Catholic Bishop Malachy Ó Caollaidhe is killed by Scottish forces during a Confederate expedition to Sligo. *The

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establishes a school in

Galway Galway ( ; ga, Gaillimh, ) is a city in the West of Ireland, in the province of Connacht, which is the county town of County Galway. It lies on the River Corrib between Lough Corrib and Galway Bay, and is the sixth most populous city on ...

, the predecessor of

Coláiste Iognáid Coláiste Iognáid SJ ( en, link=yes, Ignatius College), a bilingual secondary school, is located on Sea Road in Galway, Ireland. It was founded in 1645 and has had numerous locations over the years before its current home. The college is a co- ...

Arts and literature

*Henry Burkhead's

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''Cola's Fury, or Lirenda's Misery'', based on the Irish Rebellion of 1641, is written. * John Colgan's ''

Acta Sanctorum Hiberniae ''Acta Sanctorum Hiberniae'' is the abbreviated title of a celebrated work on the Irish saints by the Franciscan, John Colgan (Leuven, 1645). Aided by Father Hugh Ward, O.F.M., Father Stephen White, S.J., and Brother Míchél Ó Cléirigh, O.F. ...

'' is published in Leuven.

Births

Deaths

Richard III de Bermingham Edmond I de Bermingham, Anglo-Irish lord, born 1570, died 1645. Edmond prospered during the economic recovery of Ireland in the early decades of the 17th century. However, he was one of dozens of Connacht landowners threatened with confiscation ...

, Anglo-Irish landowner (b.

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) * Peter Martin (STP), Dominican. * Muiris mac Torna Ó Maolconaire, scribe and poet.

References

1640s in Ireland Years of the 17th century in Ireland {{Ireland-stub