1578 in Ireland

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Events from the year1578 in Ireland.

Incumbent

• Monarch:Elizabeth I

Events

• In retaliation for theMassacre of Mullaghmast,Rory Óg Ó Moore,leader of the Ó Moore clan inCounty Laois,burnsCarlow,but is hunted down and trapped.
• The shipEmanuel,returning fromMartin Frobisher's third voyage toFrobisher Bay,is wrecked atArd na Caithne.
• Barnabe RichpublishesAlarme to England[sic].

Births

• 14 December –Joan Apsley,first wife of Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork (d.1599)

Deaths

• June –Rory Óg Ó Moore,rebel leader (killed and beheaded).