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1559 in Ireland
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1559
Events from the year 1559 in Ireland.
Incumbent
Monarch: Elizabeth I
Events
September 3 – Robert Dillon is appointed Chief Justice of the Irish Common Pleas.
Shane O'Neill is elected to succeed Conn O'Neill as The Ó Néill Mór.Moody, T. W. Martin, F. X. 1967 The Course of Irish History Mercier Press Cork 370
Valentine Browne is appointed Surveyor General of Ireland by Queen Elizabeth.
William FitzWilliam is appointed Vice-Treasurer and acting Lord Chief Justice of Ireland.
Approximate date – the Church of Ireland Bishopric of Mayo is united with the Archdiocese of Tuam.
Births
Christopher Holywood, Jesuit (d. 1626)
Deaths
March – Robert Plunkett, 5th Baron of Dunsany
Gerald Aylmer, judge (b. c.1500)
Conn O'Neill, 1st Earl of Tyrone (b. c.1480)
Approximate date – John Bathe, lawyer.
References
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