1598 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1598 in Ireland.
Events
- August 14 - Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone's victory over an English expeditionary force under Henry Bagenal, at the Battle of the Yellow Ford.[1]
- October - Edmund Spenser's castle at Kilcolman, near Doneraile in North Cork, is burned down by O'Neill's native Irish forces. Spenser leaves for London shortly afterwards.
Births
- Patrick D'Arcy, nationalist who wrote the constitution of Confederate Ireland (d. 1668).
References
- ↑ Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X., ed. (1967). The Course of Irish History. Cork: Mercier Press. p. 371.