1543 in Ireland explained

Events from the year 1543 in Ireland.

Incumbent

• Monarch

Henry VIII

Events

• April 19 – George Dowdall is nominated as Archbishop of Armagh (Church of Ireland) by King Henry VIII of England following the death of George Cromer; he is consecrated in December.
• July 1
  • Murrough O'Brien surrenders his Irish royalty to King Henry VIII of England and in the same year becomes a member of the Privy Council of England and is raised to the Peerage of Ireland as 1st Earl of Thomond and 1st Baron Inchiquin^[1] and may have reconstructed Dromoland Castle.
  • Ulick na gCeann Burke is created 1st Baron of Dunkellin and 1st Earl of Clanricarde in the Peerage of Ireland.
• November 10 – Thomas Butler is created 1st Baron of Caher in the Peerage of Ireland.^[2]

Deaths

• March 16 – George Cromer, Archbishop of Armagh (Church of Ireland).
• Muirgheas mac Pháidín Ó Maolconaire, scribe.

Notes and References

1. Book: Cokayne. George Edward. George Cokayne. 1896. Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct or dormant (S to T). 7. 1st. 391. London. Bell. 2011-12-28.
2. Book: Burke, Bernard. 1866. A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire. London. Harrison. 96.