1538 in Ireland

none April 2022 February 2024 1538 This is a list of events from the year 1538 in Ireland. Incumbent Lord: Henry VIII Events Dissolution of the Monasteries: the following establishments are among those suppressed: Timolin Priory (held by Edmund Eustas from 14 January). Ferns Abbey (abbot and canons leave 31 March). Navan Abbey (surrendered 19 July). Priory of All Hallows, Dublin. July 11 – Galway is visited by Lord Deputy of Ireland, Leonard Grey. This is the first visit of a King's Deputy to the town, and marks the start of closer relations between the sometimes-beleaguered town and the Anglo-Irish administration in Dublin. He is lavishly entertained and stays for seven days. December – the Franciscan Friary at Cashel is rented to Edmund Butler, Archbishop of Cashel. Newry Abbey becomes a secular collegiate church. Church of Ireland Kilkenny College is founded as Kilkenny Grammar School by Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond, and his wife, Margaret, to replace the School of the Vicars Choral. Ulick na gCeann Burke deposes his uncle Richard Bacach Burke as The Clanricarde and Chief of the Name.https://www.dib.ie/biography/burke-ulick-de-burgh-uilleag-uilleag-na-gceann-a1187 Burke, Ulick (de Burgh, Uilleag) (‘Uilleag na gCeann’) Beresford David October 2009 DIB.IE Dictionary of Irish Biography February 27, 2024 A meeting between the O'Toole clan and crown forces at the Pale castle of Threecastles Castle, County Wicklow ends in an altercation with deaths.Byrne Vincent The Four Stone Tree. A History of Blessington 2003 Blessington Family & Local History Group Blessington 0-9546248-0-7 11 Deaths Richard Bacach Burke, the Clanricarde and Chief of the Name. References 1538 Category:1530s in Ireland Ireland Category:Years of the 16th century in Ireland