1580 in Ireland
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Events from the year1580 in Ireland.
Incumbent[edit]
Events[edit]
- Second Desmond Rebellion:Thomas Butler, 3rd Earl of Ormonde,SirWilliam Pelhamand SirGeorge Careware sent toMunsterto subdue the rebels and destroy the Desmond lands inLimerick,Corkand northKerry.
- March –Siege of Carrigafoyle Castle:Englishtroops under Sir William Pelham take the castle from Irish andSpanishsupporters of the Second Desmond Rebellion.
- 14 March–Miler Magrathis deposed asRoman CatholicBishop of Down and ConnorbyPope Gregory XIIIforheresy,having for a decade simultaneously heldbishopricsin the ProtestantChurch of Ireland.
- July –Fiach McHugh O'Byrnefrom theWicklow Mountainslaunches a new phase of the Second Desmond Rebellion in the east.
- 25 August–Battle of Glenmalurein the Second Desmond Rebellion: An IrishCatholicforce made up of theGaelicclans led by Fiach McHugh O'Byrne andJames Eustace, Viscount Baltinglassofthe Pale,defeat theEnglish Armyunder theLord Deputy of Ireland,Lord Grey,at the O'Byrne's mountain stronghold ofGlenmalure.Francis Cosbyis among theEnglishdead.
- 10 September– Italian and Spanish troops sent byPope Gregory XIIIto aid the Second Desmond Rebellion and commanded bySebastiano di San Giuseppiland atSmerwickon theDingle Peninsula.
- 7 October–10 October–Siege of Smerwick:The Papal forces are besieged at Dún an Óir by the English Army and surrender. At least 400 aremassacredon Lord Grey's orders.[1][2]Walter Raleghis present.
- William mac an Iarla Burkeand his followers arehangedoutside the walls ofGalwaybyWilliam Óge Martyn,High Sheriff of County Galway,in person, who, aware that theMayor of Galway,Dominick Lynch,has apardonfor Burke, prevents the Mayor from arriving in time to stop the executions.[3]
- Walter Ball (Alderman)became Mayor of Dublin. He is notorious for imprisoning his Catholicmother(who died in jail) as part of the imposition of the Reformation in Ireland.
Births[edit]
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Deaths[edit]
- 20 June–Roland de Burgo,Bishop of Clonfert.
- 25 August-Peter Carewkilled in theBattle of Glenmalure
- Richard II de Bermingham,Anglo-Irishlord.
References[edit]
- ^Willis, N. P.; Coyne, J. Stirling (1841). "Chapter IV".The Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland.
- ^Pollard, Tony; Banks, Iain (2007).Scorched Earth: Studies in the Archaeology of Conflict.Journal of Conflict Archaeology,vol. 3. Leiden: Brill. p. 222.ISBN9789004164482.
- ^Annals of the Four Masters.