1552 in Ireland

Events from the year 1552 in Ireland.

Incumbent

January – James Croft, Lord Deputy of Ireland, is commissioned to look into the state of mining in Ireland.
February 2 – The office of Ulster King of Arms and Principal Herald of Ireland is established (based at Dublin Castle) by King Edward VI of England.{{cite web|title=History of the Office of the Chief Herald|url=http://www.nli.ie/en/history-of-the-office-of-the-chief-herald.aspx|publisher=National Library of Ireland|access-date=2013-02-07|archive-date=2020-07-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724214857/http://www.nli.ie/en/history-of-the-office-of-the-chief-herald.aspx|url-status=dead}}
June 7 – The king orders the Irish currency to be reduced to parity with that of England.{{cite book|editor=Moody, T. W.|title=A New History of Ireland. 8: A Chronology of Irish History|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1989|isbn=978-0-19-821744-2|display-editors=etal}}
c. July – James Croft campaigns in Clandeboye; Belfast Castle is taken.
October 22 – John Bale is nominated Bishop of Ossory.
October 28 – Hugh Goodacre is nominated Archbishop of Armagh by the king, the Catholic George Dowdall being deemed to have vacated the episcopal see.
December 4 – Croft leaves Ireland; Sir Thomas Cusack and Sir Gerald Aylmer, Lord Justices, serve in his place.