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1566 in Ireland
Events from the year
1566 in Ireland
.
Incumbent
Monarch
:
Elizabeth I
Events
April 25
âÂÂ
Shane O'Neill
seeks aid for his cause from
Charles IX of France
.
c. June â negotiations between
Archibald Campbell, 5th Earl of Argyll
(chief of the
Clan Campbell
) and Shane O'Neill over the captivity of
Sorley Boy MacDonnell
.
August 2
or
3
â Shane O'Neill is proclaimed a traitor and a price is put on his head.
August â Shane O'Neill burns
Armagh Cathedral
in defiance of
Archbishop
Richard Creagh
.
September 6
â an English expedition under Colonel Edward Randolph sets out from
Bristol
for
Lough Foyle
.
September 17
–
November 12
â Sir
Henry Sidney
,
Lord Deputy of Ireland
, campaigns against O'Neill in
Armagh
,
TÃÂr Eoghain
and
Tyrconnell
, reaching
Derry
on
October 12
.
Humphrey Gilbert
serves under him at the start of the campaign.
October 26
âÂÂ
Aodh mac Maghnusa ÃÂ Domhnaill
becomes
king of TÃÂr Chonaill
and The O'Donnell in succession to his half-brother
Calvagh O'Donnell
.
November â Shane O'Neill attacks the troops of Edward Randolph (who is killed) at Derry.
Births
October 13
âÂÂ
Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork
, Lord High Treasurer of Ireland (died
1643
)
Dominic Collins
,
Jesuit
priest (d.
1602
)
1566 or
1569
âÂÂ
Henry Fitzsimon
, Jesuit controversialist (d.
1643
or
1645
)
Deaths
October 26
âÂÂ
Calvagh O'Donnell
,
King of TÃÂr Chonaill
.
References