1573 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1573 in Ireland.
Incumbent
Events
- February 23 â James FitzMaurice FitzGerald submits to John Perrot, Lord Deputy of Ireland, at Kilmallock.[1]
- March 25 â Gerald FitzGerald, 15th Earl of Desmond, returns to Ireland. He is detained in Dublin but escapes about 11 November.[1]
- April 14 â grant of denization to Sorley Boy MacDonnell and other settlers from Scotland.[1]
- May â Brian O'Neill of Clandeboye burns Carrickfergus.[2]
- June â a warrant is given for the restoration of his lands to Connor O'Brien, 3rd Earl of Thomond.[3]
- July 9 â Elizabeth I of England grants Walter Devereux, Earl of Essex, the right to plant most of County Antrim. He sets out with a military force (including Moyses Hill) from England to do so, but his ships are dispersed by storm.[1]
- September 29 â Essex is granted a commission of "general captainship in all Ulster". His troops encamp for the winter at Belfast while opposition is gathered by Brian O'Neill and Turlough Luineach O'Neill.[1]
- October 20 â Planter Thomas Smith the younger is shot in Ards.[2]
- October â Essex and Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, act against Brian O'Neill.[1]
- c. October â David Wolfe, papal legate to Ireland, goes to Spain.[4]
- Walter Ball, who subsequently became Mayor of Dublin and imprisoned his mother Margaret Ball on religious grounds, becomes an Alderman of Dublin.
Births
- David Rothe, Roman Catholic Bishop of Ossory
Deaths
- December 27 â James Stanihurst, politician
- Robert Weston, Dean of the Arches and Lord Chancellor of Ireland (b. 1515)
- Approximate date â Arthur O'Friel, Roman Catholic cleric