1561 in Ireland
List of events
Events from the year
1561 in Ireland
.
Incumbent
Monarch
:
Elizabeth I
Events
June 8
– the
Earl of Sussex
,
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
, proclaims
Shane O'Neill
a traitor and begins a campaign against him
[1]
which continues until 1567.
July 18
– Battle of the Red Sagums: Shane O'Neill destroys much of Sussex's withdrawing army.
c. July – English troops garrison
Armagh Cathedral
.
[1]
September – Sussex makes an unsuccessful expedition to
Lough Foyle
.
[1]
Elizabeth I of England
introduces a higher standard of silver coinage for Ireland.
Births
Risdeard Ó Conchubhair
,
scribe
and
physician
(d. 1625)
Donal Cam O'Sullivan Beare
, clan chief (d. 1618)
Deaths
Sir
John Alan
, lawyer and statesman (b. c.1500)
Naisse mac Cithruadh
, musician (drowned on
Lough Gill
)
References
^ a b c
Moody, T. W.; et al., eds. (1989).
A New History of Ireland.
8
: A Chronology of Irish History
. Oxford University Press. ISBN
978-0-19-821744-2
.