1594 in Ireland

Events from the year 1594 in Ireland.

Incumbent

• Monarch: Elizabeth I

Events

• 18 August – the monks of the abbey on Innisfallen Island are dispossessed by the Crown.
• Enniskillen Castle is besieged and captured by the English under Captain John Dowdall. It is subsequently retaken by Rory Maguire and recaptured by William Russell (Lord Deputy of Ireland).

Births

• 26 November – Sir James Ware, historian, politician and Auditor general for Ireland (died 1666)

Deaths

• Sir William Weston, Chief Justice of the Irish Common Pleas (b. c.1546)

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