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1597 in Ireland
Events from the year
1597 in Ireland
.
Incumbent
Monarch
:
Elizabeth I
Events
11 March âÂÂ
Dublin Gunpowder Disaster
: Huge explosion on the
Dublin quays
as barrels of
gunpowder
are unloaded; 126 killed, many more injured, and as many as forty houses demolished.
November âÂÂ
Battle of Carrickfergus
: The clan
MacDonnell of Antrim
led by
Sorley Boy MacDonnell
defeat the English.
Deaths
29 July âÂÂ
Murrough O'Brien, 4th Baron Inchiquin
, soldier (b.
1562
)
3 August âÂÂ
Richard Meredith
,
Church of Ireland
Bishop of Leighlin
14 October âÂÂ
Thomas Burgh, 3rd Baron Burgh
,
Lord Deputy of Ireland
since 18 April (b. c.1558)
Henry FitzGerald, 12th Earl of Kildare
, soldier (b. 1562) (died of wounds)
Fiach McHugh O'Byrne
, clan chief (b. 1534)
References