1627 in Ireland

Events

• May 23 – the office of Second Serjeant-at-law at the Irish Bar is created, the first holder being Nathaniel Catelyn.
• The title Earl of Meath is created in the Peerage of Ireland. Since its creation the title has remained in the Brabazon family.
• Muircheartach Óg Ó Cíonga is employed by William Bedell, Provost of Trinity College, Dublin, to teach Irish to the Protestants studying there.

  Births

• January 25 – Robert Boyle, chemist and physicist

  Deaths

• Cormac Mac Con Midhe, poet.