1598 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1598 in Ireland.
Incumbent
Events
- early June â Nine Years' War: Lord Treasurer Thomas Butler backs the claim of the exiled Tadhg O'Rourke for the kingship of West Breifne, causing King Brian Ãg O'Rourke to defect back to the rebels.
- 7 June â Nine Years' War: The temporary ceasefire agreed between the Irish rebel lordships and the English in October 1597 expires.
- 14 August â Nine Years' War: Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone's victory over an English expeditionary force under Henry Bagenal, at the Battle of the Yellow Ford.[1]
- October â Nine Years' War: Edmund Spenser's castle at Kilcolman, near Doneraile in North Cork, is burned down by O'Neill's native Irish forces. Spenser leaves for London shortly afterwards.
Births
- Patrick D'Arcy, nationalist who wrote the constitution of Confederate Ireland (d. 1668).
Deaths
- 14 August â Henry Bagenal, Marshal of Ireland, is killed at Yellow Ford.
- 14 August â Maelmora O'Reilly, pretender to the kingship of East Breifne, is killed at Yellow Ford.