1459 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1459 in Ireland.
Incumbent
Events
- Richard Duke of York, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, returns on a second visit to Ireland.[1]
- Irish Parliament, meeting at Drogheda, upholds Richard Duke of York's authority against Henry VI and an English Act of Attainder.[1]
Births
Deaths
Edmund Oldhall, an English-born cleric and judge in fifteenth-century Ireland. He was Bishop of Meath and acting Lord Chancellor of Ireland. He was a brother of the leading Yorkist statesman Sir William Oldhall.