1544 in Ireland

Events from the year 1544 in Ireland.

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Centuries:
  • 14th
  • 15th
  • 16th
  • 17th
  • 18th
Decades:
  • 1520s
  • 1530s
  • 1540s
  • 1550s
  • 1560s
See also:Other events of 1544
List of years in Ireland

Incumbent
  • Monarch: Henry VIII

Events
  • July 19 – September 18: First Siege of Boulogne in France during the Italian War of 1542–1546.[1] An Irish contingent serving with the English army is led by Piers Power, 2nd Lord Le Power and Curraghmore[2] who is fatally wounded.[3]
  • The Annals of Connacht end.[2]

Births
  • Christopher Nugent, noble (d. 1602)

Deaths
  • c. March – Ulick na gCeann Burke, 1st Earl of Clanricarde, Clanricarde.

References
  1. Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 147–150. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
  2. Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X.; Byrne, F. J., eds. (1989). A New History of Ireland. 8: A Chronology of Irish History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-821744-2.
  3. Toler, Grace Cabot Blood, "Addenda To the Genealogical Record Of the Descendants of Richard Blood..." (PDF), The Power (LePoer) Genealogy, p. 2, retrieved 2013-02-11
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