1565 in Ireland
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See also: | Other events of 1565 List of years in Ireland |
Events from the year 1565 in Ireland.
Incumbent
- Monarch: Elizabeth I
Events
- Butlers and Fitzgeralds fight a pitched battle against each other at the Gerald FitzGerald, 15th Earl of Desmond and drives his followers from the field. John Plunketis appointed to inquire into the causes of the dispute.
- Shane O'Neill marches from Antrim through the mountains by Battle of Glentasie (2 May) and takes Sorley Boy MacDonnell and James MacDonald, 6th of Dunnyveg, prisoner, the latter dying of wounds soon afterwards. Ballycastle Castle and Dunluce Castlealso fall to him.
- Sir Henry Sidney takes up the post of Lord Deputy of Ireland (October).
- Connacht is shired into counties Clare (formerly Thomond), Galway, Leitrim (separated from Roscommon), Mayo and Galway.
- Earl of Clancare and Baron Valencia in the Peerage of Ireland (24 June) as part of the surrender and regrantof Ireland to the English Crown.
- Corcomroe.
- Roman Catholic Bishop of Down and Connor(12 October; consecrated 4 November).
- First ever of the Roman Catholic Church, but this is dispersed by the royal authorities in October.
- Possible date of introduction of the potato to Ireland by John Hawkins (after September).
Births
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Deaths
- Joan Fitzgerald, Countess of Ormond, Norman-Irish noblewoman and heiress (b. 1509/14)
- Alexander MacDonnell.
- c. May – James MacDonald, 6th of Dunnyveg, Scoto-Irish chieftain.
References
- ISBN 0-85527-034-9.
- ^ Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X., eds. (1967). The Course of Irish History. Cork: Mercier Press. p. 371.