1577 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1577 in Ireland.
Events
- January 11 - Palesmen sends delegates to England to complain of the burden of the cess.[1]
- June - James FitzMaurice FitzGerald is in Spain plotting rebellion in Ireland with the support of Pope Gregory XIII.[1]
- October 25 - Brian O'Rourke agrees with Sir Nicholas Malby (Lord President of Connaught) for payment to the English crown for his lordship of West Bréifne.[1]
- November - The Great Comet of 1577 is visible.[2]
- November/December - Massacre of Mullaghmast: The Ó Moores and O'Connors have most of their fine (or ruling families) massacred by English soldiers at Mullaghmast (County Kildare)[1] having been invited there for peace talks.
- Athenry is sacked by the Mac an Iarla, the sons of the Richard Burke (Ulick and John).[3][4] This follows their previous attack in 1572.
Deaths
- January 4 - William Walsh, Roman Catholic Bishop of Meath (b. c.1512)
- Richard Talbot, judge (b. c.1520)
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.
- ↑ Annals of the Four Masters.
- ↑ Samuel Lewis (1 January 1984). A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland: Comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate, Market, and Post Towns, Parishes, and Villages, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions ... Genealogical Publishing Com. p. 83. ISBN 978-0-8063-1063-3.
- ↑ Jerome Fahey (1893). The History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Kilmacduagh. M. H. Gill & son. pp. 108–110.