1574 in Ireland

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1574
in
Ireland

Decades:	1550s • 1560s • 1570s • 1580s • 1590s
Centuries:	14th • 15th • 16th • 17th • 18th
See also:	Other events of 1574 List of years in Ireland

Events

8 May - Brian O'Neill of Clandeboye, having submitted to the Earl of Essex, begs Elizabeth I of England for mercy.^[1]
18 July - The Geraldine chiefs sign the Combination, promising to support Gerald FitzGerald, 15th Earl of Desmond, unconditionally.
2 September - Desmond submits to William FitzWilliam (Lord Deputy) at Cork following a month's campaign in Munster during which his castle at Derinlaur has been taken.^[1]
September - Essex campaigns against Turlough Luineach O'Neill.^[1]
November
- Essex meets Brian O'Neill of Clandeboye at his castle of Edendubhcarrig (County Antrim) where at least 200 of the clan O'Neill are treacherously massacred at a feast while O'Neill himself, his wife and brother are captured, taken to Dublin, executed^[1] and quartered. The Lordship of Clandeboye is partitioned in three by the English.
- The rebel Rory O'More is briefly imprisoned.
5 November - Edmund Tanner is appointed Roman Catholic Bishop of Cork and Cloyne and consecrated in Rome.

↑ 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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