1600 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1600 in Ireland.
Events
- February 18 - Nine Years' War: Rebel cavalry in Munster led by Hugh Maguire (Lord of Fermanagh) are intercepted and their leaders killed.
- September 20–October 9 - The Battle of Moyry Pass is fought. Lord Mountjoy's English forces eventually break through Hugh O'Neill's defences in County Armagh and establish a short-lived garrison at Mountnorris but later retreat.
- Colonel Sir Richard Wingfield is created Marshal of Ireland.
Births
- Heber MacMahon, Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher (d. 1650)
- Terence Albert O'Brien, Roman Catholic Bishop of Emly, (d. 1651)
- John Temple, judge and politician (d. 1677)
- Approximate date
- John Colgan, hagiographer and historian (d. c.1657)
- James Dillon, Confederate officer (d. after 1669)
- Piaras Feiritéar, poet and harpist (d. 1653)
- Rory O'Moore, landowner, noble and rebel leader (d. 1655)
Deaths
- February 18 - Hugh Maguire (Lord of Fermanagh), rebel clan leader.
- Baothghalach Mór Mac Aodhagáin, poet (b. 1550)