Events from the year 1591 in Ireland.

Incumbent

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Events

*February –

Brian O'Rourke Sir Brian O'Rourke ( ga, Sir Brian na Múrtha Ó Ruairc; c. 1540 – 1591) was first king and then lord of West Breifne in Ireland from 1566 until his execution in 1591. He reigned during the later stages of the Tudor conquest of Ireland and hi ...

, rebel lord of

West Bréifne The Kingdom of West Breifne (Irish ''Breifne Ua Ruairc'') or Breifne O'Rourke was a historic kingdom of Ireland that existed from 1256 to 1605, located in the area that is now County Leitrim. It took its present boundaries in 1583 when West Breifn ...

, seeks

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in the

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. *20 March –

Seamus Ó hÉilidhe Seamus Ó hÉilidhe (Anglicised: James O'Hely, died 1595) was an Irish Roman Catholic clergyman. He was appointed Archbishop of Tuam by the Holy See The Holy See ( lat, Sancta Sedes, ; it, Santa Sede ), also called the See of Rome, Petri ...

is appointed

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Archbishop of Tuam The Archbishop of Tuam ( ; ga, Ard-Easpag Thuama) is an archbishop which takes its name after the town of Tuam in County Galway, Ireland. The title was used by the Church of Ireland until 1839, and is still in use by the Catholic Church. Histor ...

. *3 April –

is arrested in

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and delivered to the English. *3 November – O'Rourke is

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. His son,

Brian Oge O'Rourke Brian Oge O'Rourke (Irish: ''Brian Óg na Samhthach Ó Ruairc''), c. 1568 - 28 January 1604, was the penultimate king of West Breifne, from 1591 until his overthrow in April 1603, at the end of the Nine Years' War. Due to the successive deaths o ...

, succeeds as lord. *November – Barnabe Riche proposes action against Roman Catholic

recusant Recusancy (from la, recusare, translation=to refuse) was the state of those who remained loyal to the Catholic Church and refused to attend Church of England services after the English Reformation. The 1558 Recusancy Acts passed in the reign ...

s. *26 December –

Hugh Roe O'Donnell Hugh Roe O'Donnell (Irish: ''Aodh Ruadh Ó Domhnaill''), also known as Red Hugh O'Donnell (30 October 1572 – 10 September 1602), was a sixteenth-century leader of the Gaelic nobility of Ireland. He became Chief of the Name of Clan O'Donne ...

escapes from

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but is recaptured within days. *Early 1591–Autumn 1592 –

Edmund MacGauran Edmund MacGauran (Magauran, Mac Gauran, McGovern; 1548 – 23 June 1593)
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, Roman Catholic

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, travels in Spain and Portugal seeking financial and military assistance for an uprising in Ireland. *Hugh Roe MacMahon, The MacMahon, resists the imposition of an English

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County Monaghan County Monaghan ( ; ga, Contae Mhuineacháin) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Ulster and is part of Border strategic planning area of the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the town of Monaghan. Monaghan County Cou ...

; he is charged with treason, for which he will be executed, and his lordship divided. *

Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone Hugh O'Neill (Irish: ''Aodh Mór Ó Néill''; literally ''Hugh The Great O'Neill''; – 20 July 1616), was an Irish Gaelic lord, Earl of Tyrone (known as the Great Earl) and was later created ''The Ó Néill Mór'', Chief of the Name. O'Neil ...

, elopes with Mabel, sister of

Henry Bagenal Sir Henry Bagenal PC (c. 1556 – 14 August 1598) was marshal of the Royal Irish Army during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Life He was the eldest son of Nicholas Bagenal and Eleanor Griffith, daughter of Sir Edward Griffith of Penrhyn. His br ...

, Provincial President of Ulster.

Births

* Michael Wadding,

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theologian and missionary priest (d.

1644 It is one of eight years (CE) to contain each Roman numeral once (1000(M)+500(D)+100(C)+(-10(X)+50(L))+(-1(I)+5(V)) = 1644). Events January–March * January 22 – The Royalist Oxford Parliament is first assembled by King ...

)

Deaths

*Early? – Sir

Nicholas Bagenal Sir Nicholas Bagenal or Bagenall or Bagnall (; 1509 – February 1591) was an English-born soldier and politician who became Marshal of the Army in Ireland during the Tudor era. Early life He was born the second son of John Bagenal (died 1 ...

, marshal of the army in Ireland (b.

1509 __NOTOC__ Year 1509 ( MDIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * January 21 – The Portuguese first arrive at the Seven Islands of Bombay and ...

/10) *3 November –

, lord of West Bréifne (b.

1540 Year 1540 ( MDXL) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * January 6 – King Henry VIII marries Anne of Cleves, his fourth Queen consort; the ma ...

?) (hanged) *

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, poet (b. c.

1550 __NOTOC__ Year 1550 ( MDL) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * January 6 – Spanish Captain Hernando de Santana founds the city of Vall ...

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References

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