1596 in Ireland

Events from the year 1596 in Ireland.

1596
in
Ireland
Centuries:
  • 14th
  • 15th
  • 16th
  • 17th
  • 18th
Decades:
  • 1570s
  • 1580s
  • 1590s
  • 1600s
  • 1610s
See also:Other events of 1596
List of years in Ireland

Incumbent

  • Monarch: Elizabeth I

Events

  • June – Sir John Norreys and Sir Geoffrey Fenton travel from England to Connacht to parley with the local lords.
  • An envoy of King Philip II of Spain arrives to make inquiries of survivors of the Spanish Armada in Ireland but is successful in only eight cases.

Deaths

  • Donald McCarthy, Earl of Clancare, noble.

References

    This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.