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1561 in Ireland
Events from the year
1561 in Ireland
.
Incumbent
Monarch
:
Elizabeth I
Events
June 8
â the
Earl of Sussex
,
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
, proclaims
Shane O'Neill
a traitor and begins a campaign against him which continues until
1567
.
July 18
â Battle of the Red Sagums: Shane O'Neill destroys much of Sussex's withdrawing army.
c. July â English troops garrison
Armagh Cathedral
.
September â Sussex makes an unsuccessful expedition to
Lough Foyle
.
Elizabeth I of England
introduces a higher standard of silver coinage for Ireland.
Births
Risdeard ÃÂ Conchubhair
,
scribe
and
physician
(d.
1625
)
Donal Cam O'Sullivan Beare
, clan chief (d.
1618
)
Deaths
Sir
John Alan
, lawyer and statesman (b. c.1500)
Naisse mac Cithruadh
, musician (drowned on
Lough Gill
)
References