1590 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1590 in Ireland.
Events
- January 14- 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 (d. 1672?)
- John de Burgh, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Tuam (d. 1667)
- Owen Roe O'Neill, soldier (d. 1649)
- Approximate date - Mícheál Ó Cléirigh, chronicler; chief author of the Annals of the Four Masters (d. 1643)
Deaths
- March - Elizabeth Clinton, Countess of Lincoln, noblewoman (b. 1527)
- August 5 - 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 (b. c.1505)