1639 in Ireland

Events from the year 1639 in Ireland.

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See also:	Other events of 1639 List of years in Ireland

Incumbent

• Monarch: Charles I

Events

• Richard Nugent, 1st Earl of Westmeath, builds Clonyn Castle overlooking Delvin, County Westmeath.^[1]
• Theobald Stapleton publishes (in Brussels) a catechism in the Early Modern Irish language, Catechismus seu doctrina christiana latino-hibernica or, in Irish, Cathcismus sen Adhon, an Teagasc Críostaí iar na foilsiú a Laidin & a Ngaoilaig. It is the first Roman Catholic book in which the Irish language is printed in the antiqua typeface and the first notable attempt to simplify Irish orthography.

Arts and literature

• Autumn – James Shirley's play Saint Patrick for Ireland opens at the Werburgh Street Theatre in Dublin.

Births

Deaths

• March 8 – Edward King, Church of Ireland Bishop of Elphin
• July 26 – Henry O'Brien, 5th Earl of Thomond, peer (b. 1588)
• Approximate date – Muircheartach Óg Ó Cíonga, writer and priest (b. c.1562)