1597 in Ireland

none 1597 Events from the year 1597 in Ireland. Incumbent Monarch: Elizabeth I Events 11 March – Dublin Gunpowder Disaster: Huge explosion on the Dublin quays as barrels of gunpowder are unloaded; 126 killed, many more injured, and as many as forty houses demolished.Reilly Gavan 416 years ago today: Explosion kills 1pc of Dublin's population http://www.thejournal.ie/dublin-gunpowder-disaster-1597-827251-Mar2013/ TheJournal.ie 11 March 2013 16 April 2018 en November – Battle of Carrickfergus: The clan MacDonnell of Antrim led by Sorley Boy MacDonnell defeat the English.Fissel Mark Charles English Warfare, 1511-1642 2001 Psychology Press 9780415214827 218 https://books.google.com/books?id=quocFYN-zqQC&pg=PA218 en Deaths 29 July – Murrough O'Brien, 4th Baron Inchiquin, soldier (b. 1562) Charles Mosley Charles Mosley (genealogist) 2003 Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage 107th Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd Wilmington, Delaware 2035 2 978-0-9711966-2-9 3 August – Richard Meredith, Church of Ireland Bishop of LeighlinRyan John The History and Antiquities of the County of Carlow 1833 R. M. Times 379 https://archive.org/details/historyandantiq00ryangoog en 14 October – Thomas Burgh, 3rd Baron Burgh, Lord Deputy of Ireland since 18 April (b. c.1558)Nichols John John Nichols's The Progresses and Public Processions of Queen Elizabeth: Volume V: Appendices, Bibliographies, and Index 2014 OUP Oxford 9780199551422 384 https://books.google.com/books?id=NlacAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA384 en Henry FitzGerald, 12th Earl of Kildare, soldier (b. 1562) (died of wounds)Bourke Angela The Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing 2002 NYU Press 9780814799062 451 https://books.google.com/books?id=V01-76iQ48gC&pg=PA451 en Fiach McHugh O'Byrne, clan chief (b. 1534)Domhnaill Rónán Gearóid Ó Fadó: Tales of Lesser Known Irish History 2013 Troubador Publishing Ltd 9781783061976 55 https://books.google.com/books?id=FdzMAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA55 en References 1597 Category:1590s in Ireland Ireland Category:Years of the 16th century in Ireland