1573 in Ireland

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Events from the year 1573 in Ireland.

Incumbent[]

  • Monarch: Elizabeth I

Events[]

  • February 23 – James FitzMaurice FitzGerald submits to John Perrot, Lord Deputy of Ireland, at Kilmallock.[1]
  • March 25 – Gerald FitzGerald, 15th Earl of Desmond, returns to Ireland. He is detained in Dublin but escapes about 11 November.[1]
  • April 14 – grant of denization to Sorley Boy MacDonnell and other settlers from Scotland.[1]
  • May – Brian O'Neill of Clandeboye burns Carrickfergus.[2]
  • June – a warrant is given for the restoration of his lands to Connor O'Brien, 3rd Earl of Thomond.[3]
  • July 9 – Elizabeth I of England grants Walter Devereux, Earl of Essex, the right to plant most of County Antrim. He sets out with a military force (including Moyses Hill) from England to do so, but his ships are dispersed by storm.[1]
  • September 29 – Essex is granted a commission of "general captainship in all Ulster". His troops encamp for the winter at Belfast while opposition is gathered by Brian O'Neill and Turlough Luineach O'Neill.[1]
  • October 20 – Planter Thomas Smith the younger is shot in Ards.[2]
  • October – Essex and Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, act against Brian O'Neill.[1]
  • c. October – David Wolfe, papal legate to Ireland, goes to Spain.[4]
  • Walter Ball, who subsequently became Mayor of Dublin and imprisoned his mother Margaret Ball on religious grounds, becomes an Alderman of Dublin.

Births[]

  • David Rothe, Roman Catholic Bishop of Ossory

Deaths[]

  • December 27 – James Stanihurst, politician
  • Robert Weston, Dean of the Arches and Lord Chancellor of Ireland (b. 1515)
  • Approximate date – Arthur O'Friel, Roman Catholic cleric

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f Moody, T. W.; et al., eds. (1989). A New History of Ireland. 8: A Chronology of Irish History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-821744-2.
  2. ^ a b Maginn, Christopher (2004). "Smith, Thomas (1547–1573)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/69171. Retrieved 2012-12-19. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
  3. ^ Lee, Sidney (1903). Dictionary of National Biography Index and Epitome. p. 960. XLI 309.
  4. ^ Morrissey, Thomas J. (2004). "Wolfe, David (1528–1578/9)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/29832. Retrieved 2012-12-19.
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