1600 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1600 in Ireland.
Incumbent
- Monarch: Elizabeth I
Events
- January –
- 27 January – Colonel Richard Wingfieldis made Marshal of Ireland by Queen Elizabeth.
- are intercepted and their leaders killed.
- Niall Garbh Ó Domhnaill betrays the Irish alliance and allows Henry Docwra to land at Lough Foyle with an expeditionary force of 4,000 men. In a devastating blow to the rebels, Docwra sets up a series of fortifications along the River Foyle, cutting access between Tír Eoghain and Tyrconnell.
- 9 October: the Battle of Moyry Pass is fought. Lord Mountjoy's English forces eventually break through Hugh O'Neill's defences in County Armagh and establish a short-lived garrison at Mountnorrisbut later retreat.
Births
- Aedh O'Rourke, son of Tadhg O'Rourke of West Breifne and Mary O'Donnell of Tyrconnell.
- Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher (d. 1650)
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- John Temple, judge and politician (d. 1677)
- Approximate date
- hagiographer and historian (d. c.1657)
- James Dillon, Confederate officer (d. after 1669)
- harpist (d. 1653)
- Rory O'Moore, landowner, noble and rebel leader (d. 1655)
Deaths
- 18 February – Hugh Maguire, Lord of Fermanagh and prominent rebel leader, is killed in Munster.
- Baothghalach Mór Mac Aodhagáin, poet (b. 1550)
References
- ISBN 0-304-35730-8.