1560 in Ireland

none 1560 Events from the year 1560 in Ireland. Incumbent Monarch: Elizabeth I Events January – Act of Supremacy (Ireland) Act passed.2 Eliz.1 c. 1. Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland orders the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, the Earl of Sussex, to appoint John Challoner of Dublin as the first Chief Secretary for Ireland "because at this present there is none appointed to be Clerk of our Council there, and considering how more meet it were, that in our realm there were for our honour one to be our Secretary there for the affairs of our Realm".Herbert Wood The Offices of Secretary of State for Ireland and Keeper of the Royal Privy Seal Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, Section C: Archaeology, Celtic Studies, History, Linguistics, Literature Dublin 1928 51 Births Sir Valentine Blake, merchant (d. 1635) Florence MacCarthy, The MacCarthy Mór, Prince of Carbery (d. 1640) Fláithrí Ó Maol Chonaire, Franciscan (d. 1629) Possible date – Constantine Ó Nialláin, soldier and Capuchin friar (d. after 1621) Deaths Luke Netterville, judge (b. c.1510) References Category:1560s in Ireland Ireland Category:Years of the 16th century in Ireland 1560