1586 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1586 in Ireland.
Incumbent[edit]
Events[edit]
- 23 September – Battle of Ardnaree in County Mayo: English troops under Sir Richard Bingham, governor of Connacht, defeat an Irish-Scottish mercenary army[1] – led by the brothers Donald Gorm MacDonald of Carey and Alexander Carragh MacDonald of Glenarm (both of whom are killed) – fighting on behalf of the rebel Mac Philbins and Burkes.
- c. December? – Richard Creagh, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh, dies a prisoner in the Tower of London.[2]
- County Longford is shired, separating it from Westmeath.
- Robert Gardiner is appointed Lord Chief Justice of Ireland.
- Sir Edward Waterhouse is appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer of Ireland.
- Elizabeth I of England and James VI of Scotland agree in the Treaty of Berwick that the MacDonnell family, claimants to the Glens of Antrim, have the right to stay in Ireland.
Births[edit]
- Antony Hickey, Franciscan theologian (d. 1641)
- William St Leger, Anglo-Irish landowner and military commander (d. 1642)
Deaths[edit]
- 5 May – Henry Sidney, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1529)
- c. December? – Richard Creagh, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh (b. c.1523)
References[edit]
- ^ The Oxford companion to Irish history (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 24. ISBN 9780199691869.
- ^ Lennon, Colm (2004). "Creagh (Crevagh), Richard (c.1523–1586?)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/6658. Retrieved 2013-02-20. (subscription or UK public library membership required)