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1602 in Ireland
Events from the year
1602 in Ireland
.
Incumbent
Monarch
:
Elizabeth I
Events
January 3
âÂÂ
Nine Years' War
: The English defeat Irish rebels and their
Spanish
allies at the
siege of Kinsale
. (The battle happens on this date according to the
Gregorian calendar
used by the Irish and Spanish but on Thursday, 24 December,
1601
according to the old
Julian calendar
used by the English.)
January 12
âÂÂ
Juan del ÃÂguila
surrenders the Spanish troops in Ireland.
June 5
âÂÂ
18
â Nine Years' War: The English defeat Irish rebels at the
siege of Dunboy
. The
Jesuit
chaplain
Dominic Collins
is arrested, tortured and
hanged
by the English at
Youghal
.
June âÂÂ
Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone
abandons and
burns his capital Dungannon
.
Publications
The first
New Testament
translation into Irish
(
Tiomna Nuadh
), completed by
William Daniel
,
Prebendary
of
St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin
, is published.
Deaths
August 17
? â Sir
Christopher Nugent
, nobleman (b.
1544
)
September 10
âÂÂ
Hugh Roe O'Donnell
, Prince of Tyrconnell, leader in the
Nine Years War
(b.
1572
)
October 31
âÂÂ
Dominic Collins
, Catholic martyr (b.
1566
)
December 31
âÂÂ
MaoilÃÂn ÃÂg Mac Bruaideadha
, poet.
Sir Edmund Butler of Cloughgrenan
, rebel (b.
1534
)
Edmund Butler, 2nd Viscount Mountgarret
, nobleman (b. c.1562)
References