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Events from the year '''1585 in Ireland'''.
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==Incumbent==
[[1586 in Ireland]]
*[[Irish monarch|Monarch]]: [[Elizabeth I]]
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==Events==
*January – [[Sorley Boy MacDonnell]] lands at [[Cushendun]] with a substantial army, but after initial successes is driven back to [[Scotland]].
*26 April &ndash; 25 May – [[Parliament of Ireland]] meets in [[Dublin]]<ref name=Chronology>{{cite book|editor=Moody, T. W.|title=A New History of Ireland. '''8''': A Chronology of Irish History|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1989|isbn=978-0-19-821744-2|display-editors=etal}}</ref> with Sir [[Nicholas Walsh (Irish judge)|Nicholas Walsh]] as Speaker of the [[Irish House of Commons]]. [[Gerald FitzGerald, 11th Earl of Kildare]], is permitted to take his seat.<ref name="ODNB FitzGerald">{{cite ODNB|first=David|last=Finnegan|title=Fitzgerald, Gerald, eleventh earl of Kildare (1525–1585)|year=2004|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/9557|access-date=2013-02-19|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/9557}} </ref>
*April – [[Roman Catholic]] [[recusant]]s in [[Clonmel]] are betrayed and seized at [[Passion Sunday]] [[Mass (Catholic Church)|mass]] by troops of [[John Norris (soldier)|John Norreys]], [[Lord President of Munster]], and the celebrant, fugitive priest [[Maurice MacKenraghty]], gives himself up, is immediately tried under [[martial law]] as a traitor, and executed. His head is set up in Clonmel market place and his body buried behind the high altar of the [[Franciscan]] convent.<ref>{{cite book|first=Myles William P.|last=O'Reilly|title=Memorials of those who suffered for the Catholic Faith in Ireland in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries|url=https://archive.org/details/memorialsofthose00orei_0|location=London|year=1868}}</ref>
*15 July – [[Composition of Connacht]]: A commission is given to Sir [[Richard Bingham (soldier)|Richard Bingham]], governor of [[Connacht]], and others to make agreements with landowners in the province by 3 October.<ref name=Chronology/> [[Murrough na dTuadh Ó Flaithbheartaigh]] is recognised as [[Chief of the Name]] of [[Ó Flaithbertaigh]] in [[County Galway|Galway]].
*July&ndash;August – Sir [[John Perrot]], [[Lord Deputy of Ireland]], is in Ulster; he confirms agreement between the [[O'Neill dynasty]] on 10 August<ref name=Chronology/> and establishes [[County Coleraine]] (as the County of Colerain) and [[County Monaghan]].
*October – [[Sorley Boy MacDonnell]], having returned to Ireland, recaptures [[Dunluce Castle]].<ref name=Chronology/>
*16 November – [[Gerald FitzGerald, 11th Earl of Kildare]], dies in exile in London<ref name="ODNB FitzGerald"/> and is succeeded by his son [[Henry FitzGerald, 12th Earl of Kildare|Henry FitzGerald]].
*14 December – [[Nicholas Walsh (bishop)|Nicholas Walsh]], [[Church of Ireland]] [[Bishop of Ossory]], is stabbed to death in his house in [[Kilkenny]] by a disaffected member of his flock.<ref>{{cite ODNB|first=N. J. A.|last=Williams|title=Walsh, Nicholas (d. 1585)|year=2004|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/28615|access-date=2013-02-19|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/28615}}</ref>
*December – [[Plantations of Ireland#Munster Plantation (1583 onwards)|Munster Plantation]] planned.<ref name=Chronology/>
*Tadhg mac Diarmata, last ''de facto'' [[Kings of Magh Luirg|King of Magh Luirg]], is succeeded by Brian na Carriag MacDermot, first to be styled "[[MacDermot]] of the Carrick".


==Arts and literature==
*[[Tuileagna Ó Maoil Chonaire]] composes the poem ''{{lang|ga|Labhram ar iongnaibh Éireann}}''.
*[[Máel Sechnaill Ruadh Ó Braonáin]] of [[County Galway|Galway]] is recorded as one of the last harpers of the period in [[Connacht]].


==Deaths==
==Births==
*[[Thomas Preston, 1st Viscount Tara]], soldier (d. [[1655 in Ireland|1655]])
*Gerald, the [[11th Earl of Kildare]] known as the "[[Wizard Earl]]", who became the male representative of the [[Geraldines]] when only twelve years of age after his half brother "[[Silken Thomas]]" the 10th earl, was executed at Tyburn in [[1537 in Ireland|1537]].
*Possible date – [[Sir Dominick Browne]], merchant and landowner (d. c.[[1656 in Ireland|1656]])


==Deaths==
*30 April – [[Maurice MacKenraghty]], [[Roman Catholic]] priest and martyr.
*16 November – [[Gerald FitzGerald, 11th Earl of Kildare]] (b. [[1525 in Ireland|1525]])
*14 December – [[Nicholas Walsh (bishop)|Nicholas Walsh]], [[Church of Ireland]] [[Bishop of Ossory]] and biblical translator.


==References==
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  1. ^ a b c d e 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 Finnegan, David (2004). "Fitzgerald, Gerald, eleventh earl of Kildare (1525–1585)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/9557. Retrieved 2013-02-19. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. ^ O'Reilly, Myles William P. (1868). Memorials of those who suffered for the Catholic Faith in Ireland in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. London.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ Williams, N. J. A. (2004). "Walsh, Nicholas (d. 1585)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/28615. Retrieved 2013-02-19. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)