1585 in Ireland
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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–25 May - 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]
- 15 July - 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.
- October - Sorley Boy MacDonnell, having returned to Ireland, recaptures Dunluce Castle.[1]
- 16 November - Gerald FitzGerald, 11th Earl of Kildare, dies in exile in London[2] and is succeeded by his son Henry FitzGerald.
- 14 December - 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 (died 1655).
- Possible date - Sir Dominick Browne, merchant and landowner (died c.1656).
Deaths
- 30 April - Maurice MacKenraghty, Roman Catholic priest and martyr.
- 14 October? - Richard Creagh, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh.
- 16 November - Gerald FitzGerald, 11th Earl of Kildare (born 1525).
- 14 December - 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.
{{cite book}}: Explicit use of et al. in:|editor=(help) - ^ 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.