1623 in Ireland
# 1623 in Ireland

Events from the year 1623 in Ireland.

## Incumbent

* Monarch: James I

## Events

* January 21 – Viscount Falkland, England's Lord Deputy of Ireland, issues a proclamation ordering all Roman Catholic priests to leave Ireland.
* June 20 – order issued requiring civic officials to take the Oath of Supremacy and enforcing excommunication against those who have relapsed.
* June 29 – Malcolm Hamilton is consecrated Church of Ireland Archbishop of Cashel.

## Honours

* February 4 – the Talbot Baronetcy, of Carton in the County of Kildare, is created in the Baronetage of Ireland for the lawyer and politician William Talbot.
* February 21 – the Barnewall Baronetcy, of Crickstown Castle in the County of Meath, is created in the Baronetage of Ireland for Patrick Barnewall.
* May 2 – the Stewart Baronetcy, of Ramelton in the County of Donegal, is created in the Baronetage of Ireland for the soldier William Stewart.
* December 30 – the Newcomen Baronetcy, of Kenagh in the County of Longford, is created in the Baronetage of Ireland for Robert Newcomen.
* The Dungan Baronetcy, of Castletown in the County of Kildare, is created in the Baronetage of Ireland for Walter Dungan.
* The title of Viscount Magennis of Iveagh is created for the chief of the clan Magennis.

## Births

* Sir George Downing, 1st Baronet, soldier, statesman and diplomat (d. 1684)
* Approximate date
   * James Lynch (archbishop of Tuam) (d. 1713)
   * Hugh Montgomery, 1st Earl of Mount Alexander, soldier (d. 1663)

## Deaths

* Henry Piers, landowner and politician (b. 1568)
