1570 in Ireland

Events from the year 1570 in Ireland.

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Centuries:
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  • 16th
  • 17th
  • 18th
Decades:
  • 1550s
  • 1560s
  • 1570s
  • 1580s
  • 1590s
See also:Other events of 1570
List of years in Ireland

Incumbent
  • Monarch: Elizabeth I

Events
  • January – William Oge Martyn is kidnapped by the Earl of Thomond.
  • April – Battle of Shrule occurs.
  • October 10 – Sir Edmund Butler of Cloughgrenan surrenders his estate to Elizabeth I of England in exchange for a pardon for his rebellion.[1]

Births
  • Col Ciotach, adventurer of Clan Donald, Laird of Colonsay (d. 1647)
  • Tadhg mac Dáire Mac Bruaideadha, Gaelic poet and historian (d. 1652)[2]

Deaths

References
  1. Hughes, James (1870). "Sir Edmund Butler of the Dullogh, Knight". The Journal of the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland. 1 (1): 153–231. ISSN 0790-6382. JSTOR 25506579.
  2. Williams, John Ellis Caerwyn; Ford, Patrick K. (1992). The Irish Literary Tradition. University of Wales Press. p. 211. ISBN 978-0-926689-03-9.


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