1577 in Ireland
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See also: | Other events of 1577 List of years in Ireland |
Events from the year1577 in Ireland.
Incumbent
[edit]Events
[edit]- January 11–Palesmensends delegates to England to complain of the burden of thecess.[1]
- June –James FitzMaurice FitzGeraldis in Spain plotting rebellion in Ireland with the support ofPope Gregory XIII.[1]
- October 25–Brian O'Rourkeagrees with SirNicholas Malby(Lord President of Connaught) for payment to the English crown for his lordship ofWest Bréifne.[1]
- November – theGreat Comet of 1577is visible.[2]
- November/December –Massacre of Mullaghmast:The Ó Moores and O'Connors have most of theirfine(or ruling families) massacred by English soldiers atMullaghmast(County Kildare)[1]having been invited there for peace talks.
- Athenry is sackedby theMac an Iarla,the sons of theRichard Burke(UlickandJohn).[3][4]This follows their previous attack in1572.
Births
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Deaths
[edit]- January 4–William Walsh,Roman CatholicBishop of Meath(b. c.1512)
- Richard Talbot,judge (b. c.1520)
References
[edit]- ^abcdMoody, T. W.; et al., eds. (1989).A New History of Ireland.8:A Chronology of Irish History.Oxford University Press.ISBN978-0-19-821744-2.
- ^Annals of the Four Masters.
- ^Samuel Lewis (1 January 1984).A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland: Comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate, Market, and Post Towns, Parishes, and Villages, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions...Genealogical Publishing Com. p. 83.ISBN978-0-8063-1063-3.
- ^Jerome Fahey (1893).The History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Kilmacduagh.M. H. Gill & son. pp.108–110.