1537 in Ireland
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Events from the year1537 in Ireland.
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Events[edit]
- February 3– the rebelThomas FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Kildare( "Silken Thomas" ), imprisoned in theTower of London,ishanged, drawn and quartered,with his five uncles, atTyburn.[1]
- September 7– Walter Cowley is appointedPrincipal Solicitor for Ireland.
- c. October – theParliament of Irelandapproves theAct of Supremacyby passingAn Act authorising the King, His Heirs and Successors, to be supreme Head of the Church of Irelandand legislation enforcingDissolution of the Monasteriestogether with theTreason Act (Ireland) 1537.
- Religious institutions suppressed include:Abbeydorney Abbey;Athassel Priory;Ballybroggan Priory; Crutched Friars Priory Hospital,Limerick;RosenallisMonastery;St. Mary's Abbey, Duleek;andSherkinFriary.
- Act prevents obstruction to navigation on theRiver Noreby weirs.
- Approximate date – Kilmacrenan Friary established.
Births[edit]
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Deaths[edit]
- February 3–Thomas FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Kildare,was hanged inTyburn(b.1513)
- Patrick Finglas,judge.
- Niall Oge O'Neill
References[edit]
- ^Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X. (1967).The Course of Irish History.Cork: Mercier Press. p. 370.