1638 in Ireland

Events from the year 1638 in Ireland.

Incumbent

 * Monarch: Charles I

Events

 * January 13 – proclamation enforcing the monopoly on tobacco held by the Lord Deputy of Ireland, Sir Thomas Wentworth.

Arts and literature

 * January 1 – John Shirley's comedy The Royal Master is premiered at the Werburgh Street Theatre, Dublin.

Births

 * Valentine Browne, 1st Viscount Kenmare, peer (d. 1694)

Deaths

 * June 14 – Claud Hamilton, 2nd Baron Hamilton of Strabane (b. c.1606)