1599 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1599 in Ireland.
Incumbent
Events
- March 12 â Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, is appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland by Queen Elizabeth I of England.
- March 27 â Essex leaves London with a large force to pursue a military campaign in Ireland.
- May 29 â Nine Years' War: Essex captures Cahir Castle in Munster.
- August 15 â Nine Years' War: Irish victory over the English at the Battle of Curlew Pass.
- September 8 â Essex in Ireland: Essex signs a truce with Hugh O'Neill, then leaves Ireland against the instructions of Queen Elizabeth.[1]
Births
- April 17 â Patrick Fleming, Franciscan ecclesiastical scholar (d. 1631)
- Probable date â John Lynch (Gratianus Lucius), Roman Catholic priest and historian (d. c.1677)
- Brian O'Rourke, son of Tadhg O'Rourke of West Breifne and Mary O'Donnell of Tyrconnell. Died in the Tower of London in 1641.
Deaths
- January 19 â Richard Bingham, Marshal of Ireland, dies upon arrival in Dublin
- August 15 â Conyers Clifford, English commander, killed at Curlew Pass
- December 14 â Joan Boyle, first wife of Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, in childbirth (b. 1578)
- December 31 â John Houling, Jesuit, of plague in Lisbon, (b. c.1539)