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See also:	Other events of 1639 List of years in Ireland

Events from the year1639 in Ireland.

• Monarch:Charles I

• Richard Nugent, 1st Earl of Westmeath, buildsClonyn Castle overlookingDelvin,County Westmeath.^[1]
• Theobald Stapleton publishes (inBrussels) acatechism in theEarly Modern Irish language,Catechismus seu doctrina christiana latino-hibernica or, in Irish,Cathcismus sen Adhon, an Teagasc Críostaí iar na foilsiú a Laidin & a Ngaoilaig. It is the firstRoman Catholic book in which theIrish language is printed in theantiqua typeface and the first notable attempt to simplifyIrish orthography.

• Autumn –James Shirley's playSaint Patrick for Ireland opens at theWerburgh Street Theatre inDublin.

• March 8 –Edward King,Church of IrelandBishop of Elphin
• July 26 –Henry O'Brien, 5th Earl of Thomond, peer (b.1588)
• Approximate date –Muircheartach Óg Ó Cíonga, writer and priest (b. c.1562)

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