1573 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1573 in Ireland.
Events
- February 23 - James FitzMaurice FitzGerald submits to John Perrot, Lord Deputy of Ireland, at Kilmallock.[1]
- March 25 - Gerald FitzGerald, 15th Earl of Desmond, returns to Ireland. He is detained in Dublin but escapes about 11 November.[1]
- April 14 - Grant of denization to Sorley Boy MacDonnell and other settlers from Scotland.[1]
- May - Brian O'Neill of Clandeboye burns Carrickfergus.[2]
- June - A warrant is given for the restoration of his lands to Connor O'Brien, 3rd Earl of Thomond.[3]
- July 9 - Elizabeth I of England grants Walter Devereux, Earl of Essex, the right to plant most of County Antrim. He sets out with a military force (including Moyses Hill) from England to do so, but his ships are dispersed by storm.[1]
- September 29 - Essex is granted a commission of "general captainship in all Ulster". His troops encamp for the winter at Belfast while opposition is gathered by Brian O'Neill and Turlough Luineach O'Neill.[1]
- October 20 - Planter Thomas Smith the younger is shot in Ards.[2]
- October - Essex and Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, act against Brian O'Neill.[1]
- c. October - David Wolfe, papal legate to Ireland, goes to Spain.[4]
Births
- David Rothe, Roman Catholic Bishop of Ossory
Deaths
- December 27 - James Stanihurst, politician
- Robert Weston, Dean of the Arches and Lord Chancellor of Ireland (b. 1515)
- Approximate date - Arthur O'Friel, Roman Catholic cleric
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Maginn, Christopher (2004). "Smith, Thomas (1547–1573)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/69171. Retrieved 2012-12-19. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
- ↑ Lee, Sidney (1903). Dictionary of National Biography Index and Epitome. p. 960.
XLI 309.
- ↑ Morrissey, Thomas J. (2004). "Wolfe, David (1528–1578/9)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/29832. Retrieved 2012-12-19.