1563 in Ireland

Events from the year 1563 in Ireland.

Incumbent

• Monarch: Elizabeth I

Events

• April–September 11 – Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, based in Armagh, campaigns against Shane O'Neill.
• May 18 – commission for administration of the Oath of Supremacy to all ecclesiastics and state servants.
• After September (possible year) – introduction of the potato to Ireland by John Hawkins.

Births

• May – Arthur Chichester, 1st Baron Chichester, English administrator and soldier, Lord Deputy of Ireland (d. 1625)
• Approximate date – Niall Ó Glacáin, physician (d. 1653)

Deaths

• Diarmuid Mac Bruideadha, poet.

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