1552 in Ireland
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Events from the year1552 in Ireland.
Incumbent[edit]
Events[edit]
- January –James Croft,Lord Deputy of Ireland,is commissioned to look into the state of mining in Ireland.
- February 2– The office ofUlster King of ArmsandPrincipal Herald of Irelandis established (based atDublin Castle) by KingEdward VI of England.[1]
- June 7– The king orders the Irish currency to be reduced to parity with that ofEngland.[2]
- c. July – James Croft campaigns inClandeboye;Belfast Castleis taken.[2]
- October 22–John Baleis nominatedBishop of Ossory.[2]
- October 28–Hugh Goodacreis nominatedArchbishop of Armaghby the king, theCatholicGeorge Dowdallbeing deemed to have vacated theepiscopal see.[2]
- December 4– Croft leaves Ireland; SirThomas Cusackand SirGerald Aylmer,Lord Justices,serve in his place.[2]
Births[edit]
- Approximate date –Edmund FitzGibbon,theWhite Knight(d.1608)
Deaths[edit]
- July 9– SirWilliam Brabazon,Lord Justice of Ireland.
- Patrick Barnewall,Master of the Rolls in Ireland(b. c.1500)
References[edit]
- ^"History of the Office of the Chief Herald".National Library of Ireland.Archived fromthe originalon 2020-07-24.Retrieved2013-02-07.
- ^abcdeMoody, 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.