1577 in Ireland

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Events from the year 1577 in Ireland.

Incumbent

• Monarch: Elizabeth I

Events

• January 11 – Palesmen sends delegates to England to complain of the burden of the cess. ^[1]
• June – James FitzMaurice FitzGerald is in Spain plotting rebellion in Ireland with the support of Pope Gregory XIII. ^[1]
• October 25 – Brian O'Rourke agrees with Sir Nicholas Malby (Lord President of Connaught) for payment to the English crown for his lordship of West Bréifne. ^[1]
• November – the Great Comet of 1577 is visible. ^[2]
• November/December – Massacre of Mullaghmast: The Ó Moores and O'Connors have most of their fine (or ruling families) massacred by English soldiers at Mullaghmast (County Kildare) ^[1] having been invited there for peace talks.
• Athenry is sacked by the Mac an Iarla, the sons of the Richard Burke (Ulick and John). ^{[3] [4]} This follows their previous attack in 1572.

Deaths

• January 4 – William Walsh, Roman Catholic Bishop of Meath (b. c.1512)
• Richard Talbot, judge (b. c.1520)

References

1. Moody, T. W.; et al., eds. (1989). A New History of Ireland. 8: A Chronology of Irish History. Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0-19-821744-2.
2. Annals of the Four Masters.
3. Samuel Lewis (1 January 1984). A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland: Comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate, Market, and Post Towns, Parishes, and Villages, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions ... Genealogical Publishing Com. p. 83. ISBN   978-0-8063-1063-3.
4. Jerome Fahey (1893). The History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Kilmacduagh. M. H. Gill & son. pp.  108–110.