1576 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1576 in Ireland.
Events
- March 9 - Walter Devereux, Earl of Essex, is appointed Earl Marshal of Ireland.[1]
- April - Sir Henry Sidney, Lord Deputy of Ireland, shires Connacht into Galway, Mayo, Roscommon and Sligo.[1]
- June - The rebel sons of Richard Burke, Earl of Clanricarde, attack Athenry. They are captured and imprisoned in Dublin but escape.[1]
- June 20 - Sir William Drury is appointed President of Munster.[2]
- September - The Earl of Essex returns to Dublin but dies within three weeks[1] of dysentery.
Births
Deaths
- September 22 - Walter Devereux, Earl of Essex, Earl Marshal of Ireland (b. 1541)
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Kelsey, Sean (2004). "Drury, Sir William (1527–1579)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/8101. Retrieved 2012-12-18. (subscription or UK public library membership required)