1418 in Ireland

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Events from the year 1418 in Ireland.

Incumbent

• Lord: Henry V

Events

• The Great Book of Lecan is completed at Enniscrone. (Started in 1397). ^[1]
• James FitzGerald, 6th Earl of Desmond deprived Thomas FitzGerald, 5th Earl of Desmond of his earldom and dispossess him for marrying far below his station. ^[2] Catherine was the daughter of one of Thomas's dependants, William MacCormac, known as "the Monk of Feale." ^[3] The marriage between a man of Norman ancestry and a woman of Gaelic blood was in violation of the Statutes of Kilkenny.

Births

• James Ormonde, Lord Treasurer of Ireland, Earl of Ormonde ^[4]

Deaths

• Gilla Isa Mor mac Donnchadh MacFhirbhisigh, historian, scribe and poet.

References

1. "Leabhar Mór Leacain / The Book of Lecan". Royal Irish Academy. 31 August 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
2. Webb, Alfred. A Compendium of Irish Biography . Dublin: 1878.
3. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant. Volume III . London: George Bell & Sons. 1890. p. 85
4. Richardson, Douglas (2011). Everingham, Kimball G. (ed.). Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Vol. I (2nd ed.). Salt Lake City. p. 382. ISBN   978-1449966379.