1597 in Ireland

Events from the year 1597 in Ireland.

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Centuries:
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  • 18th
Decades:
  • 1570s
  • 1580s
  • 1590s
  • 1600s
  • 1610s
See also:Other events of 1597
List of years in Ireland

Incumbent
  • Monarch: Elizabeth I

Events
  • 11 March – Dublin Gunpowder Disaster: Huge explosion on the Dublin quays as barrels of gunpowder are unloaded; 126 killed, many more injured, and as many as forty houses demolished.[1]
  • November – Battle of Carrickfergus: The clan MacDonnell of Antrim led by Sorley Boy MacDonnell defeat the English.[2]

Deaths
  • 29 July – Murrough O'Brien, 4th Baron Inchiquin, soldier (b. 1562)[3]
  • 3 August – Richard Meredith, Church of Ireland Bishop of Leighlin[4]
  • 14 October – Thomas Burgh, 3rd Baron Burgh, Lord Deputy of Ireland since 18 April (b. c.1558)[5]
  • Henry FitzGerald, 12th Earl of Kildare, soldier (b. 1562) (died of wounds)[6]
  • Fiach McHugh O'Byrne, clan chief (b. 1534)[7]

References
  1. Reilly, Gavan. "416 years ago today: Explosion kills 1pc of Dublin's population". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  2. Fissel, Mark Charles (2001). English Warfare, 1511-1642. Psychology Press. p. 218. ISBN 9780415214827.
  3. Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003), Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, vol. 2 (107th ed.), Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, p. 2035, ISBN 978-0-9711966-2-9
  4. Ryan, John (1833). The History and Antiquities of the County of Carlow. R. M. Times. p. 379.
  5. Nichols, John (2014). John Nichols's The Progresses and Public Processions of Queen Elizabeth: Volume V: Appendices, Bibliographies, and Index. OUP Oxford. p. 384. ISBN 9780199551422.
  6. Bourke, Angela (2002). The Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing. NYU Press. p. 451. ISBN 9780814799062.
  7. Domhnaill, Rónán Gearóid Ó (2013). Fadó: Tales of Lesser Known Irish History. Troubador Publishing Ltd. p. 55. ISBN 9781783061976.
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