1600 in Ireland

none November 2017 1600 Events from the year 1600 in Ireland. Incumbent Monarch: Elizabeth I Events January – Nine Years' War against England is renewed by Hugh O'Neill, 2nd Earl of Tyrone, with an invasion of Munster.Williams Hywel Cassell's Chronology of World History https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will registration London Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2005 0-304-35730-8 238–243 27 January – Colonel Richard Wingfield is made Marshal of Ireland by Queen Elizabeth. 18 February – Nine Years' War: Rebel cavalry in Munster led by Hugh Maguire (Lord of Fermanagh) are intercepted and their leaders killed. 15 May – Nine Years' War: Chief Niall Garbh Ó Domhnaill betrays the Irish alliance and allows Henry Docwra to land at Lough Foyle with an expeditionary force of 4,000 men. In a devastating blow to the rebels, Docwra sets up a series of fortifications along the River Foyle, cutting access between Tír Eoghain and Tyrconnell. 20 September – 9 October: the Battle of Moyry Pass is fought. Lord Mountjoy's English forces eventually break through Hugh O'Neill's defences in County Armagh and establish a short-lived garrison at Mountnorris but later retreat. Births Aedh O'Rourke, son of Tadhg O'Rourke of West Breifne and Mary O'Donnell of Tyrconnell. Heber MacMahon, Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher (d. 1650) Terence Albert O'Brien, Roman Catholic Bishop of Emly, (d. 1651) John Temple, judge and politician (d. 1677) Approximate date James Dillon, Confederate officer (d. after 1669)Murtagh 2004 210, right column : "Dillon, Sir James (b. [born] c. 1600 d. [died] in or after 1669) army officer, was probably born at Kilfaughny, co. Westmeath, the eighth and youngest son of nineteen children of Theobald, first Viscount Dillon ..." Piaras Feiritéar, poet and harpist (d. 1653)De Breffny, Brian (1983). Ireland: A Cultural Encyclopedia. London: Thames and Hudson. p. 87. Rory O'Moore, landowner, noble and rebel leader (d. 1655) Deaths 18 February – Hugh Maguire, Lord of Fermanagh and prominent rebel leader, is killed in Munster. Baothghalach Mór Mac Aodhagáin, poet (b. 1550)Lambert McKenna (ed.) (1939) ''Aithdioghluim Dána'', Dublin, Irish Texts Society. References Sources Murtagh Harman Matthew Colin Colin Matthew Harrison Brian Brian Harrison (historian) 2004 Dillon, Sir James Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 16 Oxford University Press New York 210–211 0-19-861366-0 https://archive.org/details/isbn_0198613660/page/210/ registration 1600 Category:1600s in Ireland