1563 in Ireland
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Events from the year1563 in Ireland.
Incumbent[edit]
Events[edit]
- April–September 11–Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex,Lord Lieutenant of Ireland,based inArmagh,campaigns againstShane O'Neill.[1]
- May 18– commission for administration of theOath of Supremacyto all ecclesiastics and state servants.[1]
- After September (possible year) – introduction of thepotatoto Ireland byJohn Hawkins.
Births[edit]
- May –Arthur Chichester, 1st Baron Chichester,English administrator and soldier,Lord Deputy of Ireland(d.1625)
- Approximate date –Niall Ó Glacáin,physician(d. 1653)
Deaths[edit]
- Diarmuid Mac Bruideadha,poet.
References[edit]
- ^abMoody, 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.