1558 in Ireland

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Events from the year 1558 in Ireland.

Incumbent

• Monarch: Mary I (until 17 November), then Elizabeth I

Events

• November 17 – the Protestant Elizabeth I succeeds as Queen of England and Ireland upon the death of her Catholic half-sister Mary I. The Elizabethan Religious Settlement follows. ^[1]
• Sorley Boy MacDonnell obtains lordship of the clan territory in Antrim from James MacDonald, 6th of Dunnyveg. ^[2]

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.
• Matthew O'Neill, 1st Baron Dungannon was assassinated
• Colla MacDonnell, Lord of Islay and Kintyre (Cantire), died at Kinbane Castle

References

1. Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X., eds. (1967). The Course of Irish History. Cork: Mercier Press. p. 370.
2. Dictionary of National Biography . Vol. 35. pp. 59–60.