1534 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1534 in Ireland.
Incumbent
Events
- February – Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare, is summoned to London, and appoints Thomas FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Kildare deputy governor of Ireland in his absence.
- June – Thomas FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Kildare (Silken Thomas) revolts.{{cite book|editor1=Moody, T.W. |editor2=Martin, F. X. |year=1967|title=The Course of Irish History|publisher=Mercier Press|location=Cork|page=370}} He had heard rumours that his father had been executed in the Tower of London and, as a result, publicly renounces his allegiance to King Henry VIII.
- July
- Thomas FitzGerald attacks Dublin Castle, but his army is routed.
- An earthquake with its epicentre in North Wales is felt in Dublin.{{cite web|title=Notes on individual earthquakes|url=http://www.quakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/historical/historical_listing.htm|publisher=British Geological Survey|access-date=8 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516173115/http://www.quakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/historical/historical_listing.htm|archive-date=16 May 2011}}
- July 28 – Archbishop John Alen, Chancellor of Ireland (who has attempted to mediate in the revolt) is murdered at Clontarf by retainers of Thomas FitzGerald.
- September 2 – Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare, Thomas' father, dies in the Tower of London.
Births
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Deaths
- September 2 – Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare (b. 1487)
- Thomas FitzGerald, 11th Earl of Desmond
- John Alen, English-born canon lawyer, Archbishop of Dublin (b. 1476).{{cite ODNB|title=Alen, John (1476–1534), archbishop of Dublin|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-377|year = 2004|access-date=3 April 2018|language=en|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/377}}
References
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