1612 in Ireland

Events from the year 1612 in Ireland.

Incumbent

Monarch: James I

Events

10 April – a royal charter of King James VI and I creates the City and County of Londonderry, and The Honourable The Irish Society to run the new plantation.
The town of Roscommon is incorporated.

Births

20 October – Richard [Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington], cavalier and Lord High Treasurer of Ireland
Edward King, poet

Deaths

1 February – Conor O'Devany, 8th Roman Catholic Bishop of Down and Connor, executed for high treason
1 February – Patrick O'Loughran, Roman Catholic priest, executed for high treason.

Publications

John [Davies (poet, born 1569)|John Davies] – Discoverie of the True Causes why Ireland was never entirely subdued.