1324 in Ireland

Summary

Events from the year 1324 in Ireland.

1324
in
Ireland
Centuries:
  • 12th
  • 13th
  • 14th
  • 15th
  • 16th
Decades:
  • 1300s
  • 1310s
  • 1320s
  • 1330s
  • 1340s
See also:Other events of 1324
List of years in Ireland

Incumbent edit

Events edit

  • "The same cow-destruction (namely, the Maeldornnaigh) prevailed throughout Ireland."[1]
  • Archbishop Ledrede of Ossory accuses Alice Kyteler and her associates of witchcraft and heresy. Alice was the first person in Ireland to be condemned for alleged witchcraft.
  • Alexander de Bicknor starts the construction of Tallaght Castle

Deaths edit

  • 12 February – William Liath de Burgh, buried in Galway.
  • 3 November – Petronilla de Meath, maidservant, first case in Ireland's history of burning at the stake for the crime of heresy (b. 1300).

References edit

  • Williams, Bernadette, ed. (2007). The Annals of Ireland by Friar John Clyn. Dublin: Four Courts Press. pp. 240–244. ISBN 978-1-84682-034-2.
  • Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X.; Byrne, F. J., eds. (1982). A New History of Ireland VIII: A Chronology of Irish History to 1976. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-821744-7.
  • Annala Uladh: Annals of Ulster.
  • Annals of the Four Masters.
  • Annals of Loch Cé.