Events

• Lismore
  Lismore, County Waterford
  Lismore is a town in County Waterford, Ireland. It is located where the N72 road crosses the River Blackwater.-History:It was founded by Saint Mochuda, also known as Saint Carthage. In the 7th century, Lismore was the site of the well-known Lismore Abbey. It is also home to Lismore Castle, the...
  
   town and castle
  Lismore Castle
  Lismore Castle is located in the town of Lismore, in County Waterford in Ireland. It was largely re-built in the Gothic style during the mid-nineteenth century by William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire.-Early history:...
  
   were sacked in the Irish Confederate Wars
  Irish Confederate Wars
  This article is concerned with the military history of Ireland from 1641-53. For the political context of this conflict, see Confederate Ireland....
  
   by a force of the Irish Confederacy
  Confederate Ireland
  Confederate Ireland refers to the period of Irish self-government between the Rebellion of 1641 and the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland in 1649. During this time, two-thirds of Ireland was governed by the Irish Catholic Confederation, also known as the "Confederation of Kilkenny"...
  
   commanded by Lord Castlehaven.

• 20 January - 18 March - Siege of Duncannon
  Siege of Duncannon
  The Siege of Duncannon took place in 1645, during the Irish Confederate Wars. An Irish Catholic Confederate army under Thomas Preston besieged and successfully took the town of Duncannon in south eastern Ireland from its English Parliamentarian garrison...
  
  , Confederate general Thomas Preston
  Thomas Preston, 1st Viscount Tara
  Thomas Preston, 1st Viscount Tara was an Irish soldier of the 17th century. He was a descendant of Sir Robert de Preston, who in 1363 purchased the lands of Gormanston, County Meath, and who was keeper of the Great Seal in Ireland some years later....
  
   takes Duncannon
  Duncannon
  Duncannon is a village in southwest County Wexford, Ireland. Bordered to the west by Waterford harbour and sitting on a rocky promontory jutting into the channel is the strategically prominent Duncannon Fort which dominates the village.Primarily a fishing village, Duncannon also relies heavily on...
  
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• 27 October - Catholic Bishop Malachias O'Queely killed by Scottish forces during a Confederate expedition to Sligo.