1459 in Ireland

none 1459 Events from the year 1459 in Ireland. Incumbent Lord: Henry VI Events Richard Duke of York, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, returns on a second visit to Ireland.The Oxford Illustrated History of Ireland. Foster, RF. Oxford University Press, Oxford. 1989 Irish Parliament, meeting at Drogheda, upholds Richard Duke of York's authority against Henry VI and an English Act of Attainder. Births James FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Desmond Deaths Edmund Oldhall, an English-born cleric and judge in fifteenth-century Ireland. He was Bishop of Meath and acting Lord Chancellor of Ireland. He was a brother of the leading Yorkist statesman Sir William Oldhall. References Category:1450s in Ireland Ireland Category:Years of the 15th century in Ireland 1459