1599 in Ireland

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Events from the year1599 in Ireland.

Incumbent

• Monarch:Elizabeth I

Events

• March 12–Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex,is appointedLord Lieutenant of Irelandby QueenElizabeth I of England.
• March 27– Essex leavesLondonwith a large force to pursuea military campaign in Ireland.
• May 29–Nine Years' War:Essexcaptures Cahir CastleinMunster.
• August 15– Nine Years' War: Irish victory over the English at theBattle of Curlew Pass.
• September 8– Essex in Ireland: Essex signs a truce withHugh O'Neill,then leaves Ireland against the instructions of Queen Elizabeth.

Births

• April 17–Patrick Fleming,Franciscanecclesiastical scholar (d.1631)
• Probable date –John Lynch (Gratianus Lucius),Roman Catholicpriest and historian (d. c.1677)
• Brian O'Rourke, son ofTadhg O'RourkeofWest Breifneand Mary O'Donnell ofTyrconnell.Died in theTower of Londonin 1641.

Deaths

• January 19–Richard Bingham,Marshal of Ireland,dies upon arrival in Dublin
• August 15–Conyers Clifford,English commander, killed at Curlew Pass
• December 14–Joan Boyle,first wife of Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, in childbirth (b.1578)
• December 31–John Houling,Jesuit,of plague inLisbon,(b. c.1539)