1562 in Ireland

Events from the year 1562 in Ireland.

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Centuries:
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Decades:
  • 1540s
  • 1550s
  • 1560s
  • 1570s
  • 1580s
See also:Other events of 1562
List of years in Ireland

Incumbent
  • Monarch: Elizabeth I

Events
  • January 6 – Shane O'Neill pleads his cause at the Palace of Whitehall in London before Elizabeth I of England,[1] who recognises him as "The O'Neill" and "of Tír Eoghain". He returns to Ireland on 26 May.[1]
  • April 12 – Brian O'Neill is murdered by his kinsman Turlough Luineach O'Neill[1] and is succeeded (in the eyes of the English administration of Ireland) as chief of the O'Neills by his brother Hugh.
  • November – Séan Ó Néill lays waste to Maguire's Country (County Fermanagh).[1]
  • The stone bridge and west gate at Galway is completed by Thomas Óge Martyn (mayor for second term 1562–63).

Births
  • Henry FitzGerald, 12th Earl of Kildare, nobleman and soldier (d. 1597)
  • Murrough O'Brien, 4th Baron Inchiquin, nobleman (d. 1597)
  • John Rider, Latin lexicographer and Anglican Bishop of Killaloe from 1612 to 1632 (d. 1632)
  • Approximate date
    • Edmund Butler, 2nd Viscount Mountgarret, nobleman (d. 1602)
    • Muircheartach Óg Ó Cíonga, writer and priest (d. c.1639)

Deaths

References
  1. 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.


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