1534 in Ireland

Events from the year 1534 in Ireland.

Incumbent

• Lord: Henry VIII

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. 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.
• 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.

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).

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