1638 in Ireland

Incumbent

• Monarch: Charles I

Events

• January 13 – proclamation enforcing the monopoly on tobacco held by the Lord Deputy of Ireland, Sir Thomas Wentworth.

Arts and literature

• January 1 – James Shirley's comedy The Royal Master is premiered at the Werburgh Street Theatre, Dublin.

Births

• Valentine Browne, 1st Viscount Kenmare, peer

Deaths

• June 14 – Claud Hamilton, 2nd Baron Hamilton of Strabane