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1543 in Ireland
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1543
Events from the year 1543 in Ireland.
Incumbent
Monarch: Henry VIII
Events
April 19 – George Dowdall is nominated as Archbishop of Armagh (Church of Ireland) by King Henry VIII of England following the death of George Cromer; he is consecrated in December.
July 1
Murrough O'Brien surrenders his Irish royalty to King Henry VIII of England and in the same year becomes a member of the Privy Council of England and is raised to the Peerage of Ireland as 1st Earl of Thomond and 1st Baron InchiquinCokayne George Edward George Cokayne 1896 Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct or dormant (S to T) 7 1st 391 London Bell http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/u?/FH18,32320 2011-12-28 and may have reconstructed Dromoland Castle.
Ulick na gCeann Burke is created 1st Baron of Dunkellin and 1st Earl of Clanricarde in the Peerage of Ireland.
November 10 – Thomas Butler is created 1st Baron of Caher in the Peerage of Ireland.Burke Bernard 1866 A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_K3MaAAAAYAAJ London Harrison 96
Deaths
March 16 – George Cromer, Archbishop of Armagh (Church of Ireland).
Muirgheas mac Pháidín Ó Maolconaire, scribe.
References
Category:1540s in Ireland
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Category:Years of the 16th century in Ireland
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