1585 in Ireland
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Events from the year1585 in Ireland.
Incumbent[edit]
Events[edit]
- January –Sorley Boy MacDonnelllands atCushendunwith a substantial army, but after initial successes is driven back toScotland.
- 26 April – 25 May –Parliament of Irelandmeets inDublin[1]with SirNicholas Walshas Speaker of theIrish House of Commons.Gerald FitzGerald, 11th Earl of Kildare,is permitted to take his seat.[2]
- April –Roman CatholicrecusantsinClonmelare betrayed and seized atPassion Sundaymassby troops ofJohn Norreys,Lord President of Munster,and the celebrant, fugitive priestMaurice MacKenraghty,gives himself up, is immediately tried undermartial lawas a traitor, and executed. His head is set up in Clonmel market place and his body buried behind the high altar of theFranciscanconvent.[3]
- 15 July –Composition of Connacht:A commission is given to SirRichard Bingham,governor ofConnacht,and others to make agreements with landowners in the province by 3 October.[1]Murrough na dTuadh Ó Flaithbheartaighis recognised asChief of the NameofÓ FlaithbertaighinGalway.
- July–August – SirJohn Perrot,Lord Deputy of Ireland,is in Ulster; he confirms agreement between theO'Neill dynastyon 10 August[1]and establishesCounty Coleraine(as the County of Colerain) andCounty Monaghan.
- October –Sorley Boy MacDonnell,having returned to Ireland, recapturesDunluce Castle.[1]
- 16 November –Gerald FitzGerald, 11th Earl of Kildare,dies in exile in London[2]and is succeeded by his sonHenry FitzGerald.
- 14 December –Nicholas Walsh,Church of IrelandBishop of Ossory,is stabbed to death in his house inKilkennyby a disaffected member of his flock.[4]
- December –Munster Plantationplanned.[1]
- Tadhg mac Diarmata, lastde factoKing of Magh Luirg,is succeeded by Brian na Carriag MacDermot, first to be styled "MacDermotof the Carrick ".
Arts and literature[edit]
- Tuileagna Ó Maoil Chonairecomposes the poemLabhram ar iongnaibh Éireann.
- Máel Sechnaill Ruadh Ó BraonáinofGalwayis recorded as one of the last harpers of the period inConnacht.
Births[edit]
- Thomas Preston, 1st Viscount Tara,soldier (d.1655)
- Possible date –Sir Dominick Browne,merchant and landowner (d. c.1656)
Deaths[edit]
- 30 April –Maurice MacKenraghty,Roman Catholicpriest and martyr.
- 16 November –Gerald FitzGerald, 11th Earl of Kildare(b.1525)
- 14 December –Nicholas Walsh,Church of IrelandBishop of Ossoryand biblical translator.
References[edit]
- ^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.
- ^abFinnegan, David (2004)."Fitzgerald, Gerald, eleventh earl of Kildare (1525–1585)".Oxford Dictionary of National Biography(online ed.). Oxford University Press.doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/9557.Retrieved2013-02-19.(Subscription orUK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^O'Reilly, Myles William P. (1868).Memorials of those who suffered for the Catholic Faith in Ireland in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries.London.
{{cite book}}:CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^Williams, N. J. A. (2004)."Walsh, Nicholas (d. 1585)".Oxford Dictionary of National Biography(online ed.). Oxford University Press.doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/28615.Retrieved2013-02-19.(Subscription orUK public library membershiprequired.)