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1554 in Ireland
Events from the year
1554 in Ireland
.
Incumbent
Monarch
:
Mary I
Events
April 14
âÂÂ
George Dowdall
,
Archbishop of Armagh
, is commissioned to deprive married clergy of their offices.
May 13
â the
Earldom of Kildare
is revived in favour of
Gerald FitzGerald, 11th Earl
.
June 29
âÂÂ
Edward Staples
,
Bishop of Meath
, is deprived of his office as being a married priest. The
Cistercian
William Walsh
is appointed to succeed him on 22 November by
letters patent
.
Gerald FitzGerald, Earl of Kildare
and Richard Nugent, Baron Delvin, campaign against Phelim Roc
O'Neill
of
Clandeboye
.
John Bathe
is appointed
Chief Justice of the Irish Common Pleas
following the death of Sir
Thomas Luttrell
.
Barnaby Skurloke or Skurlog
is appointed
Attorney-General for Ireland
, the first use of the title in place of King's Attorney.
Births
Approximate date âÂÂ
Richard Field
,
Jesuit
(d.
1606
)
Deaths
Cahir mac Art Kavanagh
, Lord of St. Molyns, baron of Ballyann.
Sir
Thomas Luttrell
, lawyer (b. c.
1490
)
References