1559 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1559 in Ireland.
Incumbent
Events
- September 3 – Robert Dillon is appointed Chief Justice of the Irish Common Pleas.
- Shane O'Neill is elected to succeed Conn O'Neill as The Ó Néill Mór.[1]
- Valentine Browne is appointed Surveyor General of Ireland by Queen Elizabeth.
- William FitzWilliam is appointed Vice-Treasurer and acting Lord Chief Justice of Ireland.
- Approximate date – the Church of Ireland Bishopric of Mayo is united with the Archdiocese of Tuam.
Births
- Christopher Holywood, Jesuit (d. 1626)
Deaths
- March – Robert Plunkett, 5th Baron of Dunsany
- Gerald Aylmer, judge (b. c.1500)
- Conn O'Neill, 1st Earl of Tyrone (b. c.1480)
- Approximate date – John Bathe, lawyer.