1341 in Ireland

Incumbent

• Lord: Edward III

Events

• King Toirdhealbhach of Connacht captures Roscommon castle.
• 23 January – Ross loses its rights as an open port.
• 22 February – Alexander Bicknor, Archbishop of Dublin is appointed 'custos* and acting justiciar. *
• 16 March – John Morice is appointed deputy justiciar.
• 5 May – Elizabeth de Burgh, daughter of William Donn, 4th Earl of Ulster, is betrothed to Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence (see 9 September).
• 24 July – general resumption of all grants made since the death of Edward I.
• 27 July – ordinance excluding all but Englishmen beneficed in England from holding office in Ireland.
• 2 August – 2 October – deputy justicier campaigns in Leinster against Mac Murchada.
• 9 September – Elizabeth de Burgh and Lionel of Antwerp are married.
• October – parliament at Dublin is adjourned to Kilkenny (held in November). Petitions critical of administration are sent to Edward III.
• 25 November – order for examination of exchequer and its officials.

Deaths

• Richard de Havering (or Richard de Haverings), a medieval Roman Catholic clergyman who briefly became Archbishop of Dublin.
• Roger Utlagh, or Roger Outlawe (b. 1260) was a leading Irish cleric, judge and statesman who held the office of Lord Chancellor of Ireland.

References

• https://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100001B/index.html
• https://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005C/index.html
• https://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100010B/index.html

References

1. John Clyn. (2007). "The Annals of Ireland". Four Courts Press.
2. (1982). "A Chronology of Irish History to 1976: A Companion to Irish History". Oxford University Press.