Events from the year 1576 in Ireland.
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edit- March 9 – Walter Devereux, Earl of Essex, is appointed Earl Marshal of Ireland.[1]
- April – Sir Henry Sidney, Lord Deputy of Ireland, shires Connacht into counties Galway, Mayo, Roscommon and Sligo.[1]
- June – the rebel sons of Richard Burke, Earl of Clanricarde, attack Athenry. They are captured and imprisoned in Dublin but escape.[1]
- June 20 – Sir William Drury is appointed President of Munster.[2]
- September – the Earl of Essex returns to Dublin but dies within three weeks[1] of dysentery.
Births
edit- Approximate date – Anthony Lynch, Dominican (d. after 1636)
Deaths
edit- September 22 – Walter Devereux, Earl of Essex, Earl Marshal of Ireland (b. 1541)
References
edit- ^ a b c d 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.
- ^ Kelsey, Sean (2004). "Drury, Sir William (1527–1579)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/8101. Retrieved 2012-12-18. (subscription or UK public library membership required)