Events from the year 1540 in Ireland.
Incumbent
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Lord
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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
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Anthony St Leger is appointed
Lord Deputy of Ireland
The Lord Deputy was the representative of the monarch and head of the Irish executive (government), executive under English rule, during the Lordship of Ireland and then the Kingdom of Ireland. He deputised prior to 1523 for the Viceroy of Ireland ...
and tasked with the repression of disorder, beginning the pacification policy of
surrender and regrant
During the Tudor conquest of Ireland (c.1540–1603), "surrender and regrant" was the legal mechanism by which Irish clans were to be converted from a power structure rooted in clan and kin loyalties, to a late-feudal system under the English l ...
(which lasts until
1543
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Murrough O'Brien usurps the title of
King of Thomond
The kings of Thomond ( ga, Rí Tuamhain) ruled from the establishment of Thomond during the High Middle Ages, until the Early modern period. Thomond represented the legacy of Brian Bóruma and the High Kings of Ireland of his line who could no ...
from his nephew, Donough O'Brien.
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Dissolution of the Monasteries – establishments dissolved include:
**Abbeyderg Abbey, Co. Longford.
**Abbeylara Abbey.
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Abington Abbey.
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Abbey of Aghaboe
The Abbey of Aghaboe is one of the most important of the abbeys and priories in County Laois. It was founded in the kingdom of Osraige by St. Canice in the 6th century. In his ''Vita Sancti Columbae'' (Life of St. Columba), Adomnán refers to ...
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**Aghmacart Priory, Co. Laois.
**Augustinian Friary of the Holy Trinity and Franciscan Friary, Dublin.
**Ballynasaggart Friary, Co. Longford.
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Black Abbey
The Black Abbey of Kilkenny, Ireland, is a Catholic priory of the Dominican Order, dedicated to the Holy and Undivided Trinity. Black Abbey was established in 1225 as one of the first houses of the Dominican Order in Ireland.
The history of the ...
, Grey Friary, Kilkenny Abbey and
St. John's Abbey, Kilkenny.
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Buttevant Franciscan Friary
The Buttevant Franciscan Friary is a ruined 13th-century Franciscan friary is situated in the middle of the town of Buttevant, County Cork, Ireland. The Augustinian friary in nearby Ballybeg is often confused with the Buttevant Franciscan F ...
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Cahir
Cahir (; ) is a town in County Tipperary in Ireland. It is also a civil parish in the barony of Iffa and Offa West.
Location and access
For much of the twentieth century, Cahir stood at an intersection of two busy national roadways: the Dublin ...
Priory.
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Callan Augustinian Friary
The Callan Augustinian Friary () is an Augustinian friary situated in Callan, Co Kilkenny, Ireland. It is known locally as the "Abbey Meadow" and is located to the north-east of the town, on the banks of the Kings River. The new Augustinian ...
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Carrickfergus
Carrickfergus ( , meaning " Fergus' rock") is a large town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It sits on the north shore of Belfast Lough, from Belfast. The town had a population of 27,998 at the 2011 Census. It is County Antrim's oldest t ...
Friary.
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Cashel Dominican and Franciscan Friaries.
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Castledermot
Castledermot () is an inland village in the south-east of Ireland in County Kildare, about from Dublin, and from the town of Carlow. The N9 road from Dublin to Waterford previously passed through the village but upon completion of a motorway ...
Friary and Priory.
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Clane
Clane (; ) is a town in County Kildare, Ireland, from Dublin. Its population of 7,280 makes it the eighth largest town in Kildare and the 66th largest in Ireland. It is on the River Liffey. Clane gives its name to the associated townland, ci ...
Friary.
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Clonard Abbey.
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Clonmel
Clonmel () is the county town and largest settlement of County Tipperary, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The town is noted in Irish history for its resistance to the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland, Cromwellian army which sacked the towns of Dro ...
Friary.
**Dominican Priory of St Eustace,
Naas
Naas ( ; ga, Nás na Ríogh or ) is the county town of County Kildare in Ireland. In 2016, it had a population of 21,393, making it the second largest town in County Kildare after Newbridge.
History
The name of Naas has been recorded in th ...
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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 ...
Dominican and Franciscan Friaries and Priory Hospitals of St Laurence and St Mary de Urso
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Fertagh Priory, Co. Kilkenny.
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Fethard Priory.
**Galbally Friary, Co. Tipperary.
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Great Connell Priory
Great Connell Priory () is a former house of Augustinian canons dedicated to Saint Mary and Saint David, situated on the eastern side of the River Liffey, in the Barony of Connell just to the south-east of the town of Newbridge, County Kildare, ...
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Holy Cross Abbey
Holy Cross Abbey ''(Mainistir na Croise Naofa)'' was a Cistercian monastery in Holycross near Thurles, County Tipperary, Ireland, situated on the River Suir. It takes its name from a relic of the True Cross or Holy Rood.
History
A supposed fra ...
,
Holycross
Holycross () is a village and civil parish in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is one of 21 civil parishes in the barony of Eliogarty. The civil parish straddles two counties and the baronies of Eliogarty and of Middle Third (South Tipperary). It is ...
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Hore Abbey
{{Infobox monastery
, name = Hore Abbey
, other_names = Hoare AbbeySt Mary's
, native_name = Mainistir Iubhair
, native_name_lang = ga
, image = Hore Abbey.jpg
, caption = Hore Abbey from the path towards it
, order = Cistercians
, founde ...
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**Inchmore Priory,
Lough Gowna
Lough Gowna () is a fresh water lake which is the uppermost lake on the River Erne. It is located on the border between County Longford and County Cavan, with the largest part of the lake being in County Longford.
Lough Gowna is a moraine-damme ...
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Inislounaght Abbey
Inislounaght Abbey (Irish: ''Mainistir Inis Leamhnachta'' - "monastery on the island of fresh milk"), also referred to as ''Innislounaght'', ''Inislounacht'' and ''De Surio'', was a 12th-century Cistercian settlement on the river Suir, near Clon ...
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Inistioge
Inistioge (; ) is a small village in County Kilkenny, Ireland. Historically, its name has been spelt as Ennistioge, Ennisteage, and in other ways. The village is situated on the River Nore, southeast of Kilkenny.
Situated along the River No ...
Abbey.
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Jerpoint Abbey
Jerpoint Abbey () is a ruined Cistercian abbey, founded in the second half of the 12th century in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is located 2.5 km south west of Thomastown on the R448 regional road. There is a visitor centre with an exhibit ...
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Kells Priory
''Kells Priory'' () is one of the largest medieval monuments in Ireland. The Augustine priory is situated alongside King's River beside the village of Kells in the townland of Rathduff (Madden), about 15 km south of the medieval city of ...
, Co. Kilkenny.
**Killerig Preceptory.
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Kilmainham
Kilmainham (, meaning " St Maighneann's church") is a south inner suburb of Dublin, Ireland, south of the River Liffey and west of the city centre. It is in the city's Dublin 8 postal district. The area was once known as Kilmanum.
History
In th ...
Preceptory.
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Monasteranenagh Abbey
Monasteranenagh Abbey is a medieval friary and National Monument (Ireland), National Monument located in County Limerick, Ireland.
Location
Monasteranenagh Abbey is located east of Croom, County Limerick, Croom, on the north bank of the River Ca ...
, Co. Limerick.
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Red Abbey, Cork
The Red Abbey in Cork, Ireland was a 14th-century Augustinian abbey which took its name from the reddish sandstone used in construction. Today all that remains of the structure is the central bell tower of the abbey church, which is one of the ...
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Slane
Slane () is a village in County Meath, in Ireland. The village stands on a steep hillside on the left bank of the River Boyne at the intersection of the N2 (Dublin to Monaghan road) and the N51 (Drogheda to Navan road). As of the 2016 census ...
Friary.
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Trim Friary
The Black Friary ( ga, An Mhainistir Dhubh) was a Dominican friary located in Trim, County Meath, Ireland.
History
It's believed that the first patron of the friary was Geoffrey de Geneville and that it was founded in 1263, just outside the to ...
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1540s in Ireland
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Years of the 16th century in Ireland