1566 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1566 in Ireland.
Incumbent
[edit]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)