1578 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1578 in Ireland.
Incumbent
Events
- In retaliation for the Massacre of Mullaghmast, Rory Ãg à Moore, leader of the à Moore clan in County Laois, burns Carlow, but is hunted down and trapped.
- The ship Emanuel, returning from Martin Frobisher's third voyage to Frobisher Bay, is wrecked at Ard na Caithne.[1]
- Barnabe Rich publishes Alarme to England [sic].
Births
- 14 December â Joan Apsley, first wife of Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork (d. 1599)
Deaths
- June â Rory Ãg à Moore, rebel leader (killed and beheaded).