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1566 in Ireland
Summary
Events from the year
1566 in Ireland
.
←
1565
1564
1563
1562
1561
1566
in
Ireland
→
1567
1568
1569
1570
1571
Centuries:
14th
15th
16th
17th
18th
Decades:
1540s
1550s
1560s
1570s
1580s
See also:
Other events of 1566
List of years in Ireland
Incumbent
edit
Monarch
:
Elizabeth I
Events
edit
April 25
–
Shane O'Neill
seeks aid for his cause from
Charles IX of France
.
[1]
c. June – negotiations between
Archibald Campbell, 5th Earl of Argyll
(chief of the
Clan Campbell
) and Shane O'Neill over the captivity of
Sorley Boy MacDonnell
.
[1]
August 2
or
3
– Shane O'Neill is proclaimed a traitor and a price is put on his head.
[1]
August – Shane O'Neill burns
Armagh Cathedral
in defiance of
Archbishop
Richard Creagh
.
[1]
September 6
– an English expedition under Colonel Edward Randolph sets out from
Bristol
for
Lough Foyle
.
[1]
September 17
–
November 12
– Sir
Henry Sidney
,
Lord Deputy of Ireland
, campaigns against O'Neill in
Armagh
,
Tír Eoghain
and
Tyrconnell
, reaching
Derry
on
October 12
.
[1]
Humphrey Gilbert
serves under him at the start of the campaign.
October 26
–
Aodh mac Maghnusa Ó Domhnaill
becomes
king of Tír Chonaill
and The O'Donnell in succession to his half-brother
Calvagh O'Donnell
.
[1]
November – Shane O'Neill attacks the troops of Edward Randolph (who is killed) at Derry.
[1]
Births
edit
October 13
–
Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork
, Lord High Treasurer of Ireland (died
1643
)
Dominic Collins
,
Jesuit
priest (d.
1602
)
1566 or
1569
–
Henry Fitzsimon
, Jesuit controversialist (d.
1643
or
1645
)
Deaths
edit
October 26
–
Calvagh O'Donnell
,
King of Tír Chonaill
.
References
edit
^
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
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
.