1558 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1558 in Ireland.
Events
- November 17 – the Protestant Elizabeth I succeeds as Queen of England and Ireland upon the death of her Catholic half-sister Mary. The Elizabethan Religious Settlement follows.[1]
- Sorley Boy MacDonnell obtains lordship of the clan territory in Antrim from James MacDonald, 6th of Dunnyveg.[2]
Births
Deaths
- Autumn – Richard St Lawrence, 7th Baron Howth, nobleman and soldier (b. c.1510)
- October 27 – James FitzGerald, 14th Earl of Desmond.
- November 17 – Mary I, Queen of Ireland (b. 1516)
- Thomas Butler, 1st Baron Cahir.
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References
- Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X., eds. (1967). The Course of Irish History. Cork: Mercier Press. p. 370.
- Dictionary of National Biography. 35. pp. 59–60.
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