1418 in Ireland

List of events in the year 1418

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. 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

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.