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*January – [[Sorley Boy MacDonnell]] lands at [[Cushendun]] with a substantial army, but after initial successes is driven back to [[Scotland]]. |
*January – [[Sorley Boy MacDonnell]] lands at [[Cushendun]] with a substantial army, but after initial successes is driven back to [[Scotland]]. |
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*[[April 26]]–[[May 25]] – [[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 web|first=David|last=Finnegan|title=Fitzgerald, Gerald, eleventh earl of Kildare (1525–1585)|work=[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2004|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/9557|accessdate=2013-02-19|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/9557}} {{ODNBsub}}</ref> |
*[[April 26]]–[[May 25]] – [[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 web|first=David|last=Finnegan|title=Fitzgerald, Gerald, eleventh earl of Kildare (1525–1585)|work=[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2004|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/9557|accessdate=2013-02-19|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/9557}} {{ODNBsub}}</ref> |
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*April – [[Roman Catholic]] [[recusant]]s in [[Clonmel]] are betrayed and seized at [[Passion Sunday]] [[Mass (Catholic Church)|mass]] by troops of [[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|location=London|year=1868}}</ref> |
*April – [[Roman Catholic]] [[recusant]]s in [[Clonmel]] are betrayed and seized at [[Passion Sunday]] [[Mass (Catholic Church)|mass]] by troops of [[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> |
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*[[July 15]] – [[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 15]] – [[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]]. |
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*July–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]]. |
*July–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]]. |
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Events from the year 1585 in Ireland.
Events
- January – Sorley Boy MacDonnell lands at Cushendun with a substantial army, but after initial successes is driven back to Scotland.
- April 26–May 25 – Parliament of Ireland meets in Dublin[1] with Sir Nicholas Walsh as Speaker of the Irish House of Commons. Gerald FitzGerald, 11th Earl of Kildare, is permitted to take his seat.[2]
- April – Roman Catholic recusants in Clonmel are betrayed and seized at Passion Sunday mass by troops of 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.[3]
- July 15 – Composition of Connacht: A commission is given to Sir Richard Bingham, governor of Connacht, and others to make agreements with landowners in the province by 3 October.[1] Murrough na dTuadh Ó Flaithbheartaigh is recognised as Chief of the Name of Ó Flaithbertaigh in Galway.
- July–August – Sir John Perrot, Lord Deputy of Ireland, is in Ulster; he confirms agreement between the O'Neill dynasty on 10 August[1] and establishes County Coleraine (as the County of Colerain) and County Monaghan.
- October – Sorley Boy MacDonnell, having returned to Ireland, recaptures Dunluce Castle.[1]
- November 16 – Gerald FitzGerald, 11th Earl of Kildare, dies in exile in London[2] and is succeeded by his son Henry FitzGerald.
- December 14 – Nicholas Walsh, Church of Ireland Bishop of Ossory, is stabbed to death in his house in Kilkenny by a disaffected member of his flock.[4]
- December – Munster Plantation planned.[1]
- Tadhg mac Diarmata, last de facto 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 Labhram ar iongnaibh Éireann.
- Máel Sechnaill Ruadh Ó Braonáin of Galway is recorded as one of the last harpers of the period in Connacht.
Births
- Thomas Preston, 1st Viscount Tara, soldier (d. 1655)
- Possible date – Sir Dominick Browne, merchant and landowner (d. c.1656)
Deaths
- April 30 – Maurice MacKenraghty, Roman Catholic priest and martyr.
- November 16 – Gerald FitzGerald, 11th Earl of Kildare (b. 1525)
- December 14 – Nicholas Walsh, Church of Ireland Bishop of Ossory and biblical translator.
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Finnegan, David (2004). "Fitzgerald, Gerald, eleventh earl of Kildare (1525–1585)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/9557. Retrieved 2013-02-19. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
- ^ 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) - ^ Williams, N. J. A. (2004). "Walsh, Nicholas (d. 1585)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/28615. Retrieved 2013-02-19.