1600 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1600 in Ireland.
Incumbent
Events
- January – Nine Years' War against England is renewed by Hugh O'Neill, 2nd Earl of Tyrone, with an invasion of Munster.[1]
- 27 January – Colonel Richard Wingfield is made Marshal of Ireland by Queen Elizabeth.
- 18 February – Nine Years' War: Rebel cavalry in Munster led by Hugh Maguire (Lord of Fermanagh) are intercepted and their leaders killed.
- 15 May – Nine Years' War: Chief Niall Garbh Ó Domhnaill betrays the Irish alliance and allows Henry Docwra to land at Lough Foyle with an expeditionary force of 4,000 men. In a devastating blow to the rebels, Docwra sets up a series of fortifications along the River Foyle, cutting access between Tír Eoghain and Tyrconnell.
- 20 September – 9 October: the Battle of Moyry Pass is fought. Lord Mountjoy's English forces eventually break through Hugh O'Neill's defences in County Armagh and establish a short-lived garrison at Mountnorris but later retreat.
Births
- Aedh O'Rourke, son of Tadhg O'Rourke of West Breifne and Mary O'Donnell of Tyrconnell.
- Heber MacMahon, Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher (d. 1650)
- Terence Albert O'Brien, Roman Catholic Bishop of Emly, (d. 1651)
- John Temple, judge and politician (d. 1677)
- Approximate date
- James Dillon, Confederate officer (d. after 1669)[2]
- Piaras Feiritéar, poet and harpist (d. 1653)[3]
- Rory O'Moore, landowner, noble and rebel leader (d. 1655)
Deaths
- 18 February – Hugh Maguire, Lord of Fermanagh and prominent rebel leader, is killed in Munster.
- Baothghalach Mór Mac Aodhagáin, poet (b. 1550)[4]
References
- ↑ Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 238–243. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ↑ Murtagh 2004, p. 210, right column: "Dillon, Sir James (b. [born] c. 1600 d. [died] in or after 1669) army officer, was probably born at Kilfaughny, co. Westmeath, the eighth and youngest son of nineteen children of Theobald, first Viscount Dillon ..."
- ↑ De Breffny, Brian (1983). Ireland: A Cultural Encyclopedia. London: Thames and Hudson. p. 87.
- ↑ Lambert McKenna (ed.) (1939) ''Aithdioghluim Dána'', Dublin, Irish Texts Society.
Sources
- Murtagh, Harman (2004). "Dillon, Sir James". In Matthew, Colin; Harrison, Brian (eds.). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 16. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 210–211. ISBN 0-19-861366-0.