1615 in Ireland

Events

• April 18 – the "Native's Rebellion": Arthur Chichester, 1st Baron Chichester, Lord Deputy of Ireland, informs the Privy Council of England of a plot by Hugh McShane O'Neill, Brian Crossagh, Rory O'Cahan and Alexander McDonald to massacre Ulster planters and of the arrest of many conspirators.
• April 25 – convocation of the Church of Ireland ends, having adopted 104 Articles of Religion largely drafted by James Ussher.
• July 31 – Cú Chonnacht Ó Cianáin and five others are sentenced to hanging for their part in the insurrection.
• October 24 – James I's Parliament of Ireland is dissolved.
• Act makes parishes responsible for road maintenance, labourers and cottiers to supply six days free labour annually.

  Births

• Thomas Dillon, 4th Viscount Dillon, politician
• Katherine Jones, Viscountess Ranelagh, intellectual
• William Lamport, adventurer
• Alexander MacDonnell, 3rd Earl of Antrim, military commander

  Deaths

• c. August – Cú Chonnacht Ó Cianáin, rymer and insurrectionist