1534 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1534 in Ireland.
Events
- February – Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare, is summoned to London, and appoints Thomas FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Kildare deputy governor of Ireland in his absence.
- June – Thomas FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Kildare (Silken Thomas) revolts.[1] He had heard rumours that his father had been executed in the Tower of London and, as a result, publicly renounces his allegiance to King Henry VIII.
- July
- Thomas FitzGerald attacks Dublin Castle, but his army is routed.
- An earthquake with its epicentre in North Wales is felt in Dublin.[2]
- July 28 – Archbishop John Alen, Chancellor of Ireland (who has attempted to mediate in the revolt) is murdered at Clontarf by retainers of Thomas FitzGerald.
- September 2 – Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare, Thomas' father, dies in the Tower of London.
Births
Deaths
- September 2 – Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare (b. 1487)
- Thomas FitzGerald, 11th Earl of Desmond
- John Alen, English-born canon lawyer, Archbishop of Dublin (b. 1476).[3]
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References
- Moody, T.W.; Martin, F. X., eds. (1967). The Course of Irish History. Cork: Mercier Press. p. 370.
- "Notes on individual earthquakes". British Geological Survey. Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
- "Alen, John (1476–1534), archbishop of Dublin". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-377;jsessionid=. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
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