1607 in Ireland

Events

• September 14 – Flight of the Earls: Hugh O'Neill, 2nd Earl of Tyrone and Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell flee to Spain to avoid capture by the English crown.
• Plantation of Ulster, following the Flight of the Earls.
• *The Kingdom of East Breifne is disestablished and settled by English and Scottish colonists.
• *Sir Randall MacDonnell settles 300 Presbyterian Scots families on his land in Antrim.
• *Enniskillen Castle is taken by the English.
• *Lifford comes into the possession of Sir Richard Hansard.
• Construction of James's Fort, protecting Kinsale harbour, is completed to the design of Paul Ive.
• Construction of Prince Rupert's Tower, protecting Cork Harbour, is completed about this date.

  Births

• March 20 – Lady Alice Boyle, later Alice Barry, Countess of Barrymore
• Geoffrey Baron, scholar, lawyer and rebel
• Approximate date – Sir George Hamilton, 1st Baronet, of Donalong

  Deaths

• Richard Netterville, lawyer and politician
• Nicholas St Lawrence, 9th Baron Howth