 In December 1601, Boyle brought to Elizabeth the news of the victory near Kinsale.In October 1602, Boyle was again sent over by Sir George Carew, the president of Munster, on Irish affairs.He was knighted at St Mary's Abbey, near Dublin, by Carew on 25 July 1603. the same day that he married his second wife, Catherine, daughter of Sir Geoffrey Fenton, Principal Secretary of State.