1590 in Ireland

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Events

• 14 January - Sir William FitzWilliam, acting for the Lord Deputy, concludes his campaign against rebels in Connacht.^[1]
• Spring - Sir Richard Bingham, President of Connacht, occupies West Bréifne and the hereditary lord, Brian O'Rourke, flees; later this year the adjacent territory of Monaghan is seized by the crown after the execution at law of the resident lord, Aodh Rua Mac Mathúna.

Births

• Thomas Carve, historian (died 1672?).
• John de Burgh, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Tuam (died 1667).
• Owen Roe O'Neill, soldier (died 1649).
• Approximate date - Mícheál Ó Cléirigh, chronicler; chief author of the Annals of the Four Masters (died 1643).

Deaths

• March - Elizabeth Clinton, Countess of Lincoln, noblewoman (born 1527).
• 5 August - Maol Muire Ó hÚigínn, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Tuam.
• Thomas Fitzmaurice, 16th Baron Kerry.
• Sorley Boy MacDonnell, established the MacDonnell clan in County Antrim, resisted attempts by Shane O'Neill and the English to expel them (born c.1505).

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