Events from the year 1539 in Ireland.
Incumbent
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Lord:
Henry VIII
Henry VIII (28 June 149128 January 1547) was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547. Henry is best known for his six marriages, and for his efforts to have his first marriage (to Catherine of Aragon) annulled. His disa ...
Events
*The
Geraldine League
The Geraldine League was a short-lived Irish alliance established in 1539 by Manus O'Donnell and Conn O'Neill.
History
The league was founded with the goal of restoring Gerald FitzGerald to the earldom of Kildare. The movement ultimately grew ...
is founded by
Manus O'Donnell
Manus O'Donnell (Irish: ''Maghnas Ó Domhnaill'' or ''Manus Ó Domhnaill'', died 1564) was an Irish lord and son of Sir Hugh Dubh O'Donnell. He was an important member of the O'Donnell dynasty based in County Donegal in Ulster.
Early life
Hug ...
and
Conn O'Neill
Conn Bacagh O'Neill, 1st Earl of Tyrone (Irish: ''Conn Bacach mac Cuinn Ó Néill'') (c. 1480–1559), was king of Tyrone. In 1541 O'Neill travelled to England to submit to Henry VIII as part of the surrender and regrant policy that coincided ...
and begins its invasion of
The Pale.
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Dissolution of the Monasteries continues including the start of suppression of those within The Pale.
Establishments surrendered include:
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Ardee Priory Hospital (6 December) and White Friars Priory.
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Arklow Priory.
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Athboy Friary.
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Athy
Athy ( ; ) is a market town at the meeting of the River Barrow and the Grand Canal in south-west County Kildare, Ireland, 72 kilometres southwest of Dublin. A population of 9,677 (as of the 2016 census) makes it the sixth largest town in Kild ...
Priory (30 April).
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Bangor Abbey.
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Cloncurry Friary (30 April).
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Clonmines Friary.
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Dundalk Priory Hospital (23 November).
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Enniscorthy Abbey and Priory.
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Fore Abbey (27 November).
**Graney Abbey, Co. Kildare (7 February).
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Grey Abbey, Kildare
Grey Abbey () is a ruined Franciscan abbey in County Kildare, Ireland. Founded in 1260, the Kildare poems were likely written in the abbey.
History
The abbey was founded in 1260 by William de Vesci, however it was completed by Maurice FitzGe ...
(30 April).
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White Abbey, Kildare
White Abbey is a ruined abbey near the town of Kildare, County Kildare, Ireland.
History
It was founded around 1290 by William de Vesci
William de Vesci (c.1125–1184) was an Anglo-Norman feudal lord and Sheriff. Born William fitz Eustace at ...
(April).
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Kells Monastery, Co. Meath.
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Kilcullen Abbey (by 30 April).
**Killodry Priory.
**Knock Abbey, Co. Louth.
**Lismullin Priory, Co. Meath.
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Ireland
* County ...
Priory (20 November).
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Mellifont Abbey (23 July).
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Mullingar Priory (28 November).
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Naas Priory (26 July).
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Navan Abbey.
**Odder Priory, Co. Meath.
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Portrane
Portrane or Portraine (Irish: ''Port Reachrann'') is a small seaside settlement, three kilometres from,the small town of Donabate in Fingal, Ireland. It lies in the Barony of Nethercross, in the historic County Dublin.
Portrane has a long sa ...
Priory.
**Priory Hospital of St. John the Baptist,
Drogheda
Drogheda ( , ; , meaning "bridge at the ford") is an industrial and port town in County Louth on the east coast of Ireland, north of Dublin. It is located on the Dublin–Belfast corridor on the east coast of Ireland, mostly in County Louth ...
(26 July).
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Priory Hospital of St. John the Baptist, Newtown
Trim
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Cutting
* Cutting or trimming small pieces off something to remove them
** Book trimming, a stage of the publishing process
** Pruning, trimming as a form of pruning often used on trees
Decoration
* Trim (sewing), or ...
.
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Rosbercon Abbey Rosbercon Abbey was a Dominican Abbey at Rosbercon, County Kilkenny. Founded in 1267, it was suppressed in 1539, and allowed to fall into ruin. A fragment of the Abbey survived as late as the 1820s, but no trace of it remains now.
The founders of ...
(20 June).
**St. Catherine's Priory, Co. Dublin (25 June).
**St. Catherine's Priory,
Waterford.
**St. John the Baptist Hospital, Dublin.
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St. Mary's Abbey, Dublin
St. Mary's Abbey () was a former Cistercian abbey located near the junction of Abbey Street and Capel Street in Dublin, Ireland. Its territory stretched from the district known as Oxmanstown down along the River Liffey until it met the sea. It ...
(28 October).
**St. Mary's Carmelite Friary, Dublin (3 August).
**St. Saviour Dominican Friary, Dublin.
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Skreen
Skreen () is a small village and parish in County Sligo, Ireland.
History
St Adomnán, the first biographer of St Columba (Colmcille) and one of his successors at Iona, first served as abbot at Skreen Abbey, which allegedly acquired its name ...
Friary.
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Termonfeckin Abbey.
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Tintern Abbey (County Wexford)
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Tintern Abbey was a Cistercian abbey located on the Hook peninsula, County Wexford, Ireland.
The Abbey – which is today in ruins, some of which have been restored – was founded in c.1200 by William Marshal, Earl of Pemb ...
(seized 25 July).
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Tipperary Friary (7 April).
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Tristernagh Abbey
Tristernagh Abbey ( ga, Mainistir Thriostarnaí, IPA: ˈmˠanʲəʃtʲəɾʲˈhɾʲɪsˠt̪ˠəɾˠn̪ˠiː), also known as the Priory of Kilbixy or Kilbisky, Tristernagh Priory, or the priory of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Tristernagh, is a ru ...
(by 10 December).
*Lands at
Monkstown, County Dublin
Monkstown (), historically known as ''Carrickbrennan'' ( gle, Carraig Bhraonáin), is a suburb in south Dublin, located in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland. It is on the coast, between Blackrock and Dún Laoghaire.
The lands of the Carrickbr ...
, granted to Sir John Travers, Master of the Ordnance in Ireland.
Births
Deaths
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August 26 –
Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormonde,
Lord Treasurer (b. c.
1467
Year 1467 ( MCDLXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* June 15 – Philip the Good is succeeded as Duke of Burgundy, by Charles the Bo ...
)
References
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