Events from the year 1567 in Ireland.
Incumbent
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Monarch
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Elizabeth I
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Events
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May 8 –
Battle of Farsetmore is fought near
Letterkenny
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in
Donegal.
Shane O'Neill, chief of the
O’Neills of
TÃr Eoghain
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, is defeated by the
MacDonnells led by
Aodh mac Maghnusa Ó Domhnaill who thus free themselves from O’Neill overlordship.
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June 2
Events Pre-1600
* 455 – Sack of Rome: Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city for two weeks.
* 1098 – First Crusade: The first Siege of Antioch ends as Crusader forces take the city; the second siege began five days later. 1601â ...
– Shane O'Neill is killed by the MacDonnells near
Cushendun
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. O'Neill's head is severed and sent to the government in
Dublin
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. His body is buried at CrossSkern Church in Ballyterrim townland, above Cushendun. He is succeeded as The O'Neill by his
tanist
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,
Turlough Luineach O'Neill
Sir Turlough Lynagh O'Neill (Irish: ''Sir Toirdhealbhach Luineach mac Néill Chonnalaigh Ó Néill''; 1532 – September, 1595) was an Irish Gaelic lord of TÃr Eoghain in early modern Ireland. He was inaugurated upon Shane O’Neill’s death, ...
.
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August 8
Events Pre-1600
* 685 BC – Spring and Autumn period: Battle of Qianshi: Upon the death of the previous Duke of Qi, Gongsun Wuzhi, Duke Zhuang of Lu sends an army into the Duchy of Qi to install the exiled Qi prince Gongzi Jiu as the ...
– Dr.
Robert Weston is sworn in as
Lord Chancellor of Ireland. Although a layman, he is also appointed
Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin.
Births
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Tiobóid na Long Bourke, 1st Viscount Mayo (born at sea), clan chief (d.
1629
Events
January–March
* January 7– Henry Frederick, Hereditary Prince of the Palatinate, the 15-year-old son of the German Palatinate elector, Frederick V, drowns in an accident while sailing to Amsterdam.
* January 19&nd ...
)
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Sir Paul Gore, 1st Baronet
Sir Paul Gore, 1st Baronet (1567 – September 1629) was an Anglo-Irish politician, soldier and baronet.
Born in London, he was the eldest son of Gerard Gore and his wife Helen Davenant, daughter of Ralph Davenant. Gore had come to Ireland a ...
, politician and soldier (d.
1629
Events
January–March
* January 7– Henry Frederick, Hereditary Prince of the Palatinate, the 15-year-old son of the German Palatinate elector, Frederick V, drowns in an accident while sailing to Amsterdam.
* January 19&nd ...
)
*
Eochaidh Ó hÉoghusa, poet (d.
1617
Events
January–June
* February 27 – The Treaty of Stolbovo ends the Ingrian War between Sweden and Russia. Sweden gains Ingria and Kexholm.
* April 14 – Second Battle of Playa Honda: The Spanish navy defeats a Dutch ...
)
Deaths
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June 2
Events Pre-1600
* 455 – Sack of Rome: Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city for two weeks.
* 1098 – First Crusade: The first Siege of Antioch ends as Crusader forces take the city; the second siege began five days later. 1601â ...
–
Shane O'Neill, clan chief (b. c.
1530
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)
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Cormac na Haoine MacCarthy Reagh
Cormac na Haoine MacCarthy Reagh, 13th Prince of Carbery (1490–1567) was an Irish chieftain who owned almost half a million acres in south west Ireland.
Birth and origins
Cormac was born in Carbery about 1490, the eldest son of Donal Ma ...
, Prince of Carbery (b.
1490
Year 1490 ( MCDXC) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* January 4 – Anne of Brittany announces that all those who ally themselves with the ...
)
References
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Ireland
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Years of the 16th century in Ireland