1585 in Ireland

none 1585 Events from the year 1585 in Ireland. Incumbent Monarch: Elizabeth I Events January – Sorley Boy MacDonnell lands at Cushendun with a substantial army, but after initial successes is driven back to Scotland. 26 April – 25 May – Parliament of Ireland meets in DublinMoody, T. W. A New History of Ireland. 8: A Chronology of Irish History Oxford University Press 1989 978-0-19-821744-2 etal with Sir Nicholas Walsh as Speaker of the Irish House of Commons. Gerald FitzGerald, 11th Earl of Kildare, is permitted to take his seat.David Finnegan Fitzgerald, Gerald, eleventh earl of Kildare (1525–1585) 2004 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/9557 2013-02-19 10.1093/ref:odnb/9557 April – Roman Catholic recusants in Clonmel are betrayed and seized at Passion Sunday mass by troops of John Norreys, Lord President of Munster, and the celebrant, fugitive priest Maurice MacKenraghty, gives himself up, is immediately tried under martial law as a traitor, and executed. His head is set up in Clonmel market place and his body buried behind the high altar of the Franciscan convent.Myles William P. O'Reilly Memorials of those who suffered for the Catholic Faith in Ireland in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries https://archive.org/details/memorialsofthose00orei_0 London 1868 15 July – Composition of Connacht: A commission is given to Sir Richard Bingham, governor of Connacht, and others to make agreements with landowners in the province by 3 October. Murrough na dTuadh Ó Flaithbheartaigh is recognised as Chief of the Name of Ó Flaithbertaigh in Galway. July–August – Sir John Perrot, Lord Deputy of Ireland, is in Ulster; he confirms agreement between the O'Neill dynasty on 10 August and establishes County Coleraine (as the County of Colerain) and County Monaghan. October – Sorley Boy MacDonnell, having returned to Ireland, recaptures Dunluce Castle. 16 November – Gerald FitzGerald, 11th Earl of Kildare, dies in exile in London and is succeeded by his son Henry FitzGerald. 14 December – Nicholas Walsh, Church of Ireland Bishop of Ossory, is stabbed to death in his house in Kilkenny by a disaffected member of his flock.N. J. A. Williams Walsh, Nicholas (d. 1585) 2004 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/28615 2013-02-19 10.1093/ref:odnb/28615 December – Munster Plantation planned. Tadhg mac Diarmata, last de facto King of Magh Luirg, is succeeded by Brian na Carriag MacDermot, first to be styled "MacDermot of the Carrick". Arts and literature Tuileagna Ó Maoil Chonaire composes the poem ga Labhram ar iongnaibh Éireann. Máel Sechnaill Ruadh Ó Braonáin of Galway is recorded as one of the last harpers of the period in Connacht. Births Thomas Preston, 1st Viscount Tara, soldier (d. 1655) Possible date – Sir Dominick Browne, merchant and landowner (d. c.1656) Deaths 30 April – Maurice MacKenraghty, Roman Catholic priest and martyr. 16 November – Gerald FitzGerald, 11th Earl of Kildare (b. 1525) 14 December – Nicholas Walsh, Church of Ireland Bishop of Ossory and biblical translator. References 1585 Category:1580s in Ireland Ireland Category:Years of the 16th century in Ireland