1562 in Ireland

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1562
in
Ireland

Decades:	1540s • 1550s • 1560s • 1570s • 1580s
Centuries:	14th • 15th • 16th • 17th • 18th
See also:	Other events of 1562 List of years in Ireland

Events

6 January - Shane O'Neill pleads his cause at the Palace of Whitehall in London before Elizabeth I of England,^[1] who recognises him as "The O'Neill" and "of Tyrone". He returns to Ireland on 26 May.^[1]
12 April - Brian O'Neill is murdered by his kinsman Turlough Luineach O'Neill^[1] and is succeeded (in the eyes of the English administration of Ireland) as chief of the O'Neills by his brother Hugh.
November - Shane O'Neill lays waste to Maguire's Country (County Fermanagh).^[1]
Stone bridge and west gate at Galway completed by Thomas Óge Martyn (mayor for second term 1562-63).

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Moody, T. W. et al., ed. (1989). A New History of Ireland. 8: A Chronology of Irish History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-821744-2.

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