1576 in Ireland

none 1576 Events from the year 1576 in Ireland. Incumbent Monarch: Elizabeth I Events 9 March – Walter Devereux, Earl of Essex, is appointed Earl Marshal of Ireland.Moody, T. W. A New History of Ireland. 8: A Chronology of Irish History Oxford University Press 1989 978-0-19-821744-2 etal April – Sir Henry Sidney, Lord Deputy of Ireland, shires Connacht into counties Galway, Mayo, Roscommon and Sligo. June – the rebel sons of Richard Burke, Earl of Clanricarde, attack Athenry. They are captured and imprisoned in Dublin but escape. 20 June – Sir William Drury is appointed President of Munster.Sean Kelsey Drury, Sir William (1527–1579) Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford University Press 2004 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/8101 2012-12-18 10.1093/ref:odnb/8101 September – the Earl of Essex returns to Dublin but dies within three weeks of dysentery. Births Approximate date – Anthony Lynch, Dominican (d. after 1636) Deaths 22 September – Walter Devereux, Earl of Essex, Earl Marshal of Ireland (b. 1541) References 1576 Category:1570s in Ireland Category:Years of the 16th century in Ireland