1611 in Ireland

Incumbent

• Monarch: James I

Events

• 18 February – Sir Humphrey Winch, retiring Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, is sent to London with draft legislation.
• 7 May – surrender and regrant in Counties Carlow, Wexford and Wicklow is authorised.
• June – Roman Catholic priest Patrick O'Loughran returns from exile.
• 11 July - 21 October: Lord Carew is in Ireland to inquire into its government and report on prospects for the plantation of Ulster.
• 19 August – the Church of Ireland Bishop of Elphin, John Lynch, resigns, declaring himself a Roman Catholic, and is succeeded by Edward King.
• 25 November – the nobility and gentry claim the right to have advance sight of bills intended for the Parliament of Ireland.
• Giolla Brighde Ó hEoghusa 's An Teagasc Criosdaidhe is published in Antwerp, the first devotional work in Irish.

Births

• Richard [Lynch (Jesuit)|Richard Lynch], Jesuit theologian
• Hugh Dubh O'Neill, 5th Earl of Tyrone, soldier