1593 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1593 in Ireland.
Events
- June 14 - English explorer John Davis in the Desire makes landfall at Berehaven at the conclusion of the second Cavendish expedition.
- June 23 - In a skirmish at Skeanavart in County Roscommon as part of Hugh Maguire (Lord of Fermanagh)'s raid into Connacht, Edmund MacGauran (Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh) is among those killed.
- Hugh Roe O'Donnell drives the English sheriff out of Tyrconnell and leads two expeditions against Turlough Luineach O'Neill.
- Pirate queen Grace O'Malley meets with Queen Elizabeth I of England at Greenwich.[1]
- In Lisbon, John Houling, SJ, and Fr. Peter Fonseca establish the College of St. Patrick for the education of young Irish Roman Catholics.
Births
- Thomas Arthur, physician (d. 1666?)
- Thomas Fleming, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin (d. 1665)
Deaths
- March 4 - Sir William Herbert, Welsh planter in Ireland.
- June 23 - Edmund MacGauran, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh (b. c.1547)
- Edward Fitz-Symon, Attorney General for Ireland (b. c.1530)
- Murrough na dTuadh Ó Flaithbheartaigh, Chief of Iar Connacht.
References
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