1583 in Ireland

none February 2015 1583 Events from the year 1583 in Ireland. Incumbent Monarch: Elizabeth I Events Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormond, assumes command of the Crown forces, contains remaining activists in the Second Desmond Rebellion to West Cork and Kerry and persuades many to surrender. Dermot O'Hurley, appointed Archbishop of Cashel in 1581, lands on Holmpatrick Strand in County Dublin. September – fugitive Roman Catholic priest Maurice MacKenraghty is surprised on Sliabh Luachra by Lord Roche's gallowglasses, handed over to the Earl of Ormond and sent to prison at Clonmel. 8 October – archbishop Dermot O'Hurley is arrested and imprisoned in Dublin Castle. 11 November Gerald FitzGerald, 14th Earl of Desmond, is killed at Glenaginty in the Slieve Mish Mountains (near Tralee in County Kerry) by the Moriarty clan of Castledrum on the Dingle Peninsula, bringing an end to the Desmond Rebellions and resulting in the extinction of the Desmond palatinate.Moody, T. W. Martin, F. X. 1967 The Course of Irish History Mercier Press Cork 371 John na Seamar Burke is ambushed and killed by his brother Ulick. Swords Castle briefly occupied by Dutch Protestants. Births Richard Nugent, 1st Earl of Westmeath, landowner and politician (k. 1642) Deaths February – Nicholas Skerrett, exiled Roman Catholic Archbishop of Tuam. 11 November John na Seamar Burke, rebel. Gerald FitzGerald, 14th Earl of Desmond, rebel. December – Thomas Lancaster, Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh. References 1583 Category:1580s in Ireland Category:Years of the 16th century in Ireland Ireland