1570 in Ireland

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Events from the year 1570 in Ireland.

Incumbent

Events

  • January – William Oge Martyn is kidnapped by the Earl of Thomond.
  • April – Battle of Shrule occurs.
  • October 10Sir Edmund Butler of Cloughgrenan surrenders his estate to Elizabeth I of England in exchange for a pardon for his rebellion.{{Cite journal |last=Hughes |first=James |date=1870 |title=Sir Edmund Butler of the Dullogh, Knight |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25506579 |journal=The Journal of the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=153–231 |jstor=25506579 |issn=0790-6382}}

Births

  • Col Ciotach, adventurer of Clan Donald, Laird of Colonsay (d. 1647)
  • Tadhg mac Dáire Mac Bruaideadha, Gaelic poet and historian (d. 1652){{Cite book |last1=Williams |first1=John Ellis Caerwyn |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QLx4AAAAIAAJ |title=The Irish Literary Tradition |last2=Ford |first2=Patrick K. |date=1992 |publisher=University of Wales Press |isbn=978-0-926689-03-9 |pages=211 |language=en}}

Deaths

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References

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Ireland

Category:Years of the 16th century in Ireland

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